Llanbradach railway station

Llanbradach
General information
Location	Llanbradach, Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51°36′11″N 3°13′59″W
Grid reference	ST146900
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LNB
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1893
Passengers
2018/19	98,808
2019/20	92,498
2020/21	13,274
2021/22	39,982
2022/23	49,924
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Llanbradach railway station is a railway station serving the village of Llanbradach, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

History

The railway line through here opened in 1858. Llanbradach station was opened on 1 March 1893 by the Rhymney Railway, replacing Pwllypant (Bradshaw's spelling) a short way to the south.

Services

The station has a frequent service - currently four departures per hour each way, to Bargoed northbound and to Caerphilly, Cardiff Central and Penarth southbound. One northbound train each hour continues to Rhymney, with extras at peak times. In the evening, the service reduces to hourly each way and on Sundays to two-hourly (when southbound trains run to Barry Island rather than Penarth).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aber or Energlyn & Churchill Park		Transport for Wales Rhymney Line		Ystrad Mynach

External links

• Train times and station information for Llanbradach railway station from National Rail