Pontypridd railway station

Pontypridd
A visiting railtour in the station (July 2017)
General information
Location	Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales
Coordinates	51°35′58″N 3°20′31″W / 51.5994°N 3.3419°W / 51.5994; -3.3419
Grid reference	ST071898
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	PPD
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Original company	Taff Vale Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
9 October 1840 (1840-10-09)	Opened as Newbridge Junction
March 1866	Renamed Pontypridd
1924	Renamed Pontypridd Central
10 July 1930	Renamed Pontypridd
Passengers
2018/19	0.884 million
Interchange	53,586
2019/20	0.815 million
Interchange	48,290
2020/21	0.153 million
Interchange	6,808
2021/22	0.409 million
Interchange	24,448
2022/23	0.536 million
Interchange	35,985
Listed Building – Grade II
Feature	Pontypridd Railway Station Main Platform including buildings and canopy
Designated	17 July 1990
Reference no.	13525[1]
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Pontypridd railway station serves the town of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located at the junction of the Merthyr line and the Rhondda line and has for many years been the only station serving the town.

Until the 1930s, Pontypridd had two other stations. One, just behind the present station, was known as Pontypridd Graig. It closed in 1930. The other, Pontypridd Tram Road, serving the former Pontypridd to Newport line, closed in 1922. It was located near where this line crossed the 'Broadway' in Treforest.