Llanharan railway station

Llanharan
National Rail
Llanharan railway station from footbridge
General information
LocationLlanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51°32′17″N 3°26′28″W / 51.538°N 3.441°W / 51.538; -3.441
Grid referenceST001830
Managed byTransport for Wales Rail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLLR
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companySouth Wales Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1850Opened
2 November 1964Closed
10 December 2007Reopened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.156 million
2020/21Decrease 23,652
2021/22Increase 76,922
2022/23Increase 0.106 million
2023/24Increase 0.117 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Llanharan railway station serves the village of Llanharan in south Wales. Funded in part by SEWTA and at a cost of £4.3 million,[1] it opened in December 2007.[2] It is 183 miles 72 chains (296.0 km) from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud.[3]

  1. ^ "Janice Gregory AM for Ogmore". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Village back on track 43 years on". BBC News. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
  3. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 22A. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.