Caerphilly Railway Station

Caerphilly railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network. The station is located at Station Road in the South of the town. Facilities include a small shop and a Ticket Kiosk. A self-service Ticket machine was installed near the entrance to the station on 22 December 2008. Several advertising murals depicting holiday travel in various parts of South Wales have been placed on the northbound side of the station in order to improve the 'look' of the station. HistoryBuilt in 1871 as part of the Rhymney Railway, the station ended up as a four way junction: To the west at Penrhos junction with the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport RailwayTo the east through a tunnel to a junction with the Brecon and Merthyr Railway at Machen, and onwards to Newport Docks As a result of traffic volume, the station was rebuilt in 1913 to four platforms and a west facing bay platform. Present formWith the closure of both junctions, and the simplification of the railway to a pure through service as part of the Rhymney Line, the station was rebuilt to a two platform with bus interchange in 1970. The signalling system is currently set up to allow northbound services to terminate in the southbound platform (using a facing crossover) & return directly to Cardiff if required, although this facility is only used during the evenings in the current (May 2013) timetable. The on-going Valley Lines resignalling scheme will see a new bay platform bought into use at the station for use by terminating trains, which will allow a further increase in service frequencies to /from Cardiff in the future.

Caerphilly railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network. The station is located at Station Road in the South of the town. Facilities include a small shop and a Ticket Kiosk. A self-service Ticket machine was installed near the entrance to the station on 22 December 2008. Several advertising murals depicting holiday travel in various parts of South Wales have been placed on the northbound side of the station in order to improve the 'look' of the station. HistoryBuilt in 1871 as part of the Rhymney Railway, the station ended up as a four way junction: To the west at Penrhos junction with the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport RailwayTo the east through a tunnel to a junction with the Brecon and Merthyr Railway at Machen, and onwards to Newport Docks As a result of traffic volume, the station was rebuilt in 1913 to four platforms and a west facing bay platform. Present formWith the closure of both junctions, and the simplification of the railway to a pure through service as part of the Rhymney Line, the station was rebuilt to a two platform with bus interchange in 1970. The signalling system is currently set up to allow northbound services to terminate in the southbound platform (using a facing crossover) & return directly to Cardiff if required, although this facility is only used during the evenings in the current (May 2013) timetable. The on-going Valley Lines resignalling scheme will see a new bay platform bought into use at the station for use by terminating trains, which will allow a further increase in service frequencies to /from Cardiff in the future.