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Treorchy Treorchy ( cy, Treorci; ) is a town and community (and electoral ward) in Wales. Once a mining town, it retains such characteristics. Situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Fawr valley. Treorchy is also one of the 16 ...

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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Transport for Wales Transport for Wales (TfW; cy, Trafnidiaeth Cymru; cy, TrC, label=none) is a not-for-profit company owned by the Welsh Government and managed at arms length by its appointed board. TfW oversees the Transport for Wales Group (TfW Group) consi ...

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Cwmparc Cwmparc is a village and a district of the community of Treorchy, in the Rhondda Valley, Wales. History There is evidence of, and logic for, a medieval park, or hunting preserve, in the enclosed area called Parc Cwm Brychiniog. It lies in the ...

, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.

History

The first station in the town opened as Treorky on 27 September 1869 by the

Taff Vale Railway The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales, built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. It was opened in st ...

, though the line had existed since 1849. It moved to its current site in 1884, and was renamed to Treorchy in 1904. It was subsequently taken over by the Great Western Railway as part of the Railways Act 1921. In 1948, it became part of British Railways Western Region. The line through the station was reduced to single track on 6 January 1972.

Location and facilities

The station is on the western side of the town, on the road to the village of

. There is a single platform, a shelter with seating and help point, and a free car park.

Services

Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to Southbound and to Northbound. There is a two hourly service in each direction on Sundays. In 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 local AM

Leanne Wood Leanne Wood (born 13 December 1971) is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from March 2012 to September 2018, and served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 2003 to 2021. Born in the Rhondda, she was elected as to the ...

and the success of extra Sunday services on the Merthyr Line and the Rhymney Line. The Rhondda line is planned to be electrified. This would allow journeys from Cardiff to Treorchy to be reduced to 40 minutes, which would help boost the local economy. The service from this station is currently (summer 2023) suspended, due to major route upgrade work being carried out at multiple locations as part of the Valley Lines electrification scheme. A replacement bus service is in operation from here to Pontypridd and to Treherbert, calling at all local stations until February 2024 Rail service will resume to the station on and from 26 February 2024 following completion of the majority of the infrastructure works.

Incidents

In January 2007, a boy was killed by an oncoming train at the station, because he was listening to an MP3 player with headphones and did not hear it approaching.

References

External links

{{Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf DfT Category F1 stations Former Taff Vale Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1884 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail