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Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: ''Taf'') and Ely valleys, plus a number of towns and vill ...

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, mapframe=yes , mapframe-zoom = 13 Treforest Estate railway station (also Trefforest Estate, Welsh: ) is a small

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Treforest Treforest ( cy, Trefforest) is a village in the south-east of Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is situated in the Treforest electoral ward, along with the village of Glyntaff (or Glyn-Taf). It is part of the P ...

, near

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, built to serve the workers and visitors of Treforest Industrial Estate. It is located on the Merthyr Line, north-west of . Passenger services are provided by

. The station is built around a central

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, which is accessible from a subway.

History

It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1942. In the spring of 2016 new shelters were installed on the platform ahead of the

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project.

Future

The station is to be relocated by December 2025 as part of the

and has been included in the

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. This is to improve safety and convenience.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to via , continuing to and via in an alternating fashion.GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail) There is a half-hourly service northbound to via . There is no Sunday service.

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{{South Wales Metro Railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1942 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail 1942 establishments in Wales