Ystrad Mynach
General information
Location	Ystrad Mynach,Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51°38′27″N3°14′30″W / 51.6407°N 3.2417°W /51.6407; -3.2417
Grid reference	ST141942
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	YSM
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1858
Passengers
2019/20	0.327 million
2020/21	35,256
2021/22	0.136 million
2022/23	0.199 million
2023/24	0.234 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Ystrad Mynach railway station is arailway station serving the town ofYstrad Mynach, southWales. It is a stop on theRhymney Line of theValley Lines network.

The nearest bus interchange isBlackwood Interchange, 4 miles (6.4 km) away. From 2020, therail linc bus (901) that links with the train no longer operated. It operated toMaesycwmmer,Pontllanfraith, and ended atBlackwood.

Ystrad Mynachrailway station was on theRhymney Railway opened in 1858. It consisted of staggered platforms on the main line, as well as a separate platform on theDowlais line. Nearby Penallta Junction gave access to theGreat Western Railway and the Aberdare Valley, opened 1 April 1871 and the Cylla branch opened on 1 August 1906 to access the newPowell Duffryn ownedPenallta Colliery. The latter line closed in 1991 and has since been lifted, but the former is still in use (for freight only) as far as Cwmbargoed to serve the coal washery and associated opencast mine atFfos-Y-Fran.^[1] Coal from there is sent toAberthaw Power Station in bulk trainloads.

In 2014, the station underwent a £1.6 million refurbishment with new ticket machines, waiting areas and ticket office, with disabled toilet being installed in addition to major work carried out on the footbridge with lifts being installed to improve accessibility.

The northbound platform is signalled for use in both directions, to permit trains from Cardiff to terminate & start back from there.

Ystrad Mynach railway station was used as a location in the pilot episode ofPorridge (Prisoner and Escort), part of the seriesSeven of One, starringRonnie Barker.

The station has a frequent weekday service in both directions - northbound there are four trains each hour toBargoed (one service terminates here during the autumn leaf fall period), with hourly extensions toRhymney (extras at peak times) on Mondays to Saturday daytimes, whilst southbound there are four trains per hour toCardiff Central andPenarth.^[2] In the evening, there was an hourly service to Rhymney & Cardiff/Penarth and on Sundays there is a two-hourly service each way, with southbound trains running to Barry Island. These services were operated before the June 2024 time table change.

After the June 2024 timetable change, the Monday to Saturday train service is four trains per hour south toCardiff Central. The xx25, xx36 and xx55 service continues toBarry Island but the xx06 service continues toBridgend. Northwards there are also four trains per hour - two terminating atBargoed (which is the xx25 and the xx55 service from Barry Island) and two trains per hour continuing toRhymney (which is the xx13 from Bridgend and the xx44 from Barry Island) In the evenings from 8pm every Monday to Saturday, the train service will run two trains per hour, one train will continue toBridgend and the other train will continue toBarry island. On Sundays, the train service will run hourly between Rhymney and Barry Island.

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

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
Llanbradach		Transport for Wales Rhymney Line		Hengoed

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