Porth railway station is a railway station serving the town of Porth in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between Trehafod and Dinas Rhondda, from Cardiff Docks (Bute Town).
The original station was opened on 4 February 1861 by the Taff Vale Railway; the line had been open since 10 June 1841. On 1 July 1876, the original station was closed, being replaced by a new one to the south of the junction with the Maerdy line. The line to Treherbert was singled north of here in 1981 and most of the 1876 station buildings were replaced in 1984âÂÂ85.
A passenger service between Porth and was introduced by the Barry Railway on 16 March 1896, running via and , but this ended in 1930 when the service was re-routed via the TVR station at Pontypridd.
An unusual ground level signal box was installed at the station when the Treherbert line was reduced to single track, replacing a much more substantial TVR structure. This holds the distinction of the being the last new mechanical box to be built by British Rail.
The station has a ticket office and ticket machine, a car park and bicycle spaces, toilets, waiting shelters and dot matrix departure screens. There is some step free access from the street, and between the platforms using the footbridge.
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Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to via and southbound and to northbound, serving all stations en route except . This drops to hourly in the late evening. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through trains to . On 20 July 2018, previous franchise operator Arriva Trains Wales announced a trial period of extra Sunday services on the Rhondda Line to Cardiff and Barry Island. This was in response to a survey by Leanne Wood and the success of extra Sunday services on the Merthyr Line and the Rhymney Line.
The services from this station were suspended in Summer 2023, due to major route upgrade work being carried out at multiple locations as part of the Valley Lines electrification scheme. A replacement bus service operated between Pontypridd and Treherbert, calling at all local stations, until February 2024. Rail services resumed at the station on 26 February 2024 following completion of the majority of the infrastructure works.