Services
The usual service pattern is four trains per hour to Bargoed from Mondays to Saturdays during the day, of which one continues to Rhymney. In the evenings, services terminate at either Ystrad Mynach or Caerphilly and the frequency pattern decreases to two trains per hour. There is one evening service to Treherbert, combined with a Rhymney service that splits at Cardiff Central. This service departs at 18:18.
On Sundays there is only one train every two hours, totalling six trains all day, there is no late evening service, and trains run only as far as Cardiff Central. There are plans to increase this service to an hourly service.
Journey times are 12 minutes to Cardiff Central, 33 minutes to Caerphilly, an hour to Bargoed and an hour and 16 minutes to Rhymney.
Services are operated with Class 142, Class 143 Pacer units — usually run in pairs to provide a four-car train, and Class 150 Sprinter units — usually run singly as a two-car train.
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