Aber
Aber railway station in June 2023
General information
Location	Trecenydd,Caerphilly,Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51°34′30″N3°13′48″W / 51.5749°N 3.2299°W /51.5749; -3.2299
Grid reference	ST148869
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ABE
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	April 1908 (asBeddau Halt)
Key dates
17 September 1926	RenamedAber Junction Halt
6 May 1968	RenamedAber Halt
5 May 1969	RenamedAber
Passengers
2019/20	0.228 million
2020/21	15,712
2021/22	73,642
2022/23	0.104 million
2023/24	0.137 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Aber railway station is arailway station serving the town ofCaerphilly, southWales. It is a stop on theRhymney Line8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) north ofCardiff Central on theValley Lines network.

The station is located in the Bondfield Park andTrecenydd areas ofCaerphilly.

Opened in April 1908 by theRhymney Railway as Beddau Halt, it became part of theGreat Western Railway during theGrouping of 1923, and renamed Aber Junction Halt on 17 September 1926. The line then passed onnationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Aber Halt on 6 May 1968, then Aber on 5 May 1969.

WhenSectorisation was introduced, the station was served byRegional Railways until thePrivatisation of British Railways.

Another station also calledBeddau Halt existed on theLlantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway and should not be confused with this station.

The 'Junction' suffix refers to the fact that until the early 1980s, there were two junctions near here – one to the south between the current line via Caerphilly (which opened in 1871) and the original route down theBig Hill via Penrhos Junction to Walnut Tree Junction nearTaffs Well on theTaff Vale Railway route from Cardiff toMerthyr Tydfil and another to the north for the branch line toSenghenydd. The former opened in 1858 and provided the Rhymney company with its original access to Cardiff General and the docks. It was freight-only for most of its life, but was heavily used in post-grouping and BR days by coal trains originating from the various collieries on the Rhymney line heading to the marshalling yard atRadyr. This avoided the need for such trains to use the busy section throughCardiff Queen Street, even though the 3½ mile line was steeply graded (hence the nickname – the 1 in 48 ruling gradient was however favourable for loaded trains). The latter opened in 1894 and was used for both freight (toWindsor Colliery near the terminus) and passenger services.

The Senghenydd branch passenger service ended in June 1964 as a result of theBeeching Axe, but it remained in use for colliery traffic until 1977^[1] whilst the Taffs Well route closed in June 1982^[2] – both have since been dismantled.

With effect from Spring 2016, Aber railway station was served by 4 trains per hour each way, off peak, Monday to Friday:

• 3 per hour fromBargoed toPenarth
• 1 per hour fromRhymney to Penarth
• 3 per hour from Penarth to Bargoed
• 1 per hour from Penarth to Rhymney

Apart from Gilfach Fargoed, the station before Bargoed, which was served just once an hour, there was a train every 15 minutes calling at all stations between Bargoed and Penarth.^[4] In the evenings, the service dropped to hourly, and on Sundays to two-hourly (with southbound trains running toBarry Island).

June 2024 timetable change

These services have now been operating from Rhymney/Bargoed to Barry Island/Bridgend since June 2024. It has increased the number of trains from one to two trains per hour that continue up to Rhymney every Monday to Saturday.

This station is served by four trains per hour each way, Monday to Saturday,

• 2 per hour from Bargoed to Barry Island
• 1 per hour from Rhymney to Barry Island
• 1 per hour from Rhymney to Bridgend
• 2 per hour from Barry Island to Bargoed
• 1 per hour from Barry Island to Rhymney
• 1 per hour from Bridgend to Rhymney

Gilfach Fargoed station is served by only one train per hour and Energlyn & Churchill Park Station by only two trains per hour.

TheClass 231,Class 150 andClass 153 trains operates to Barry Island and theClass 150 andClass 153 trains operates to Bridgend.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Caerphilly		Transport for Wales Rhymney Line		Energlyn & Churchill Park orLlanbradach
	Historical railways
Caerphilly Station and line open		Great Western Railway Rhymney Line		Pwll-y-Pant Station closed; Line open
	Disused railways
Penyrheol Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Senghenydd Branch		Terminus

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• R.V.J. Butt (1995).The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 1-85260-508-1
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• Railway stations in Caerphilly County Borough
• DfT Category F2 stations
• Transport in Caerphilly
• Former Rhymney Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908
• Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
• 1908 establishments in Wales

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