The first station on this site was a halt opened by the Great Western Railway in 1914. It closed with the line in 1964.
The present station, along with the line to Aberdare, was reopened by British Rail in 1988.
During 2005, construction work was carried out to double the platform length. This now allows four-carriage trains to stop at the station.
Services
There is a half-hourly service in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays: northbound to Aberdare and southbound to Cardiff Central and Merthyr Tydfil. This drops to hourly in the evenings.[1]
On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Aberdare and Cardiff Central. The increase in the Sunday service frequency is due to a campaign by the local Assembly Member and a successful trial in December 2017; the extra services began in April 2018.[2]
DB Cargo UK operates coal trains to Tower Colliery, which pass through the station on weekdays and on some Saturdays. Freightliner also operates an irregular stone service to Tower.
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