Gilfach Fargoed railway station

Coordinates: 51°41′03″N 3°13′39″W / 51.6842°N 3.2274°W / 51.6842; -3.2274
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Gilfach Fargoed
National Rail
General information
LocationGilfach, Caerphilly
Wales
Coordinates51°41′03″N 3°13′39″W / 51.6842°N 3.2274°W / 51.6842; -3.2274
Grid referenceST152990
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGFF
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
April 1908Opened
6 July 2020Temporarily closed
21 August 2021Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 4,396
2019/20Increase 4,972
2020/21Decrease 74
2021/22Increase 1,158
2022/23Increase 3,902
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gilfach Fargoed railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gilfach, in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

The platforms are short (16 m or 52 ft)[1] and can barely accommodate a British Rail Class 153 train, due to its small size it is affectionately nicknamed "Gilfach International". Passengers can only alight from the front doors of any train calling here, so the conductor on longer trains must give passengers advance notice so that they have time to move towards the front set of doors.

History[edit]

Built as a halt by the Rhymney Railway in 1908 for recently introduced steam railmotors, some 50 years after the line first opened. Although very close, the halt did not serve the Brecon and Merthyr Railway which passed behind, on its way to Bargoed south Junction.

Services[edit]

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service between Bargoed and Penarth. Sundays there is a two-hourly service between Rhymney and Barry Island.[2]

Due to the platforms not being long enough to accommodate social distancing measures introduced because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the station was temporarily closed between 6 July 2020 and 21 August 2021.[3]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Pengam   Transport for Wales
Rhymney Line
  Bargoed

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Timetable Planning Rules" (PDF). Network Rail. 6 February 2015. pp. 225, 226. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ^ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  3. ^ "Coronavirus: Transport for Wales closes stations with short platforms". BBC News. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

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