Eastbrook railway station

Eastbrook
General information
Location	Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan Wales
Coordinates	51°26′16″N 3°12′22″W / 51.4379°N 3.2061°W / 51.4379; -3.2061
Grid reference	ST162716
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	EBK
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
24 November 1986	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.171 million
2019/20	0.176 million
2020/21	25,534
2021/22	79,628
2022/23	0.114 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Eastbrook railway station is a railway station serving the Eastbrook area of Dinas Powys, a village near Cardiff, South Wales. It is located on Network Rail's Barry Branch 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Barry Island and Bridgend (via Barry and Rhoose).

Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. It is one of the more recent additions to the route, being opened by British Rail in 1986.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Eastbrook is:^[1]

• 2 tph which terminate at Merthyr Tydfil, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest Estate, Trefforest, Pontypridd, Abercynon, Quakers Yard, Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw and Pentre-bach. This journey takes 76 minutes.
• 2 tph which terminate at Aberdare, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest, Pontypridd, Abercynon, Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, Fernhill and Cwmbach. This journey takes 78 minutes.
• 3 tph which terminate at Barry Island, calling at Dinas Powys, Cadoxton, Barry Docks and Barry. This journey takes 22 minutes.
• 1 tph which terminates at Bridgend, calling at Dinas Powys, Cadoxton, Barry Docks, Barry, Rhoose for Cardiff International Airport and Llantwit Major. This journey takes 49 minutes.

These services combine to give 4 tph to Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and stations to Pontypridd (excluding Trefforest Estate) and 4 tph to Barry. In the evening, trains run every 30 minutes each way and on Sundays there are 2 tph to Barry Island, one every 2 hours to Bridgend and either two or three per hour to Cardiff.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cogan		Transport for Wales Rail Vale of Glamorgan Line		Dinas Powys

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eastbrook railway station.

• Train times and station information for Eastbrook railway station from National Rail

This page was last edited on 26 March 2024, at 06:00