Dinas Rhondda railway station (also spelt Dinas (Rhondda)) is a railway station serving the Dinas, Penygraig and Trealaw districts of Tonypandy, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between Tonypandy and Porth, from Cardiff Docks (Bute Town).
History
The station opened as Dinas on 2 August 1886, replacing the station at Pandy, approximately to the south. It was closed briefly from 1 April 1917 until July 1919 when it reopened. The station was renamed to its current name in 1927.
One of the two platforms, originally removed when the line was singled, was reinstated (as well as a new footbridge installed) during works in 2024 as part of the Treherbert Line transformation programme.
Facilities The station has a small car park and cycle spaces, help points, shelters and dot matrix departure screens. The new footbridge has lifts, thereby giving step-free access to both platforms.
Passenger volume +Passenger Volume at Dinas Rhondda2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23Entries and exits49,29834,28941,92552,02160,55559,46461,00858,39057,37262,45062,82259,68050,45657,81452,82247,38040,1165,86025,05029,452 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to southbound and to northbound. This drops to hourly in the evenings and two-hourly in each direction on Sundays. On 20 July 2018, previous franchise operator Arriva Trains Wales announced a trial period of extra Sunday services on the Rhondda Line to Cardiff and Barry Island. This was in response to a survey by Leanne Wood and the success of extra Sunday services on the Merthyr Line and the Rhymney Line.
The services from this station were suspended in Summer 2023, due to major route upgrade work being carried out at multiple locations as part of the Valley Lines electrification scheme. A replacement bus service operated between Pontypridd and Treherbert, calling at all local stations, until February 2024. Rail services resumed at the station on 26 February 2024 following completion of the majority of the infrastructure works.
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