Eastbrook railway station

Eastbrook
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Location
Place	Dinas Powys
Local authority	Vale of Glamorgan
Grid reference	ST162716
Operations
Station code	EBK
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.154 million
2005/06	0.155 million
2006/07	0.151 million
2007/08	0.164 million
2008/09	0.183 million
2009/10	0.171 million
2010/11	0.167 million
2011/12	0.165 million
2012/13	0.165 million
2013/14	0.169 million
2014/15	0.171 million
History
24 November 1986	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eastbrook from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Eastbrook railway station is a railway station serving the Eastbrook area of Dinas Powys, a village near Cardiff, South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 3½ miles (5 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend (via Barry and Rhoose) and Barry Island.

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. It is one of the more recent additions to the route, being opened by British Rail in 1986

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Eastbrook is:

• 2 tph which terminate at Merthyr Tydfil, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest Estate, Trefforest, Pontypridd, Abercynon, Quakers Yard, Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw and Pentre-bach. This journey takes 76 minutes.

• 2 tph which terminate at Aberdare, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest, Pontypridd, Abercynon, Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, Fernhill and Cwmbach. This journey takes 78 minutes.

• 3 tph which terminate at Barry Island, calling at Dinas Powys, Cadoxton, Barry Docks and Barry. This journey takes 22 minutes.

• 1 tph which terminates at Bridgend, calling at Dinas Powys, Cadoxton, Barry Docks, Barry, Rhoose Cardiff International Airport and Llantwit Major. This journey takes 49 minutes.

This turns out to give 4 tph to Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and stations to Pontypridd (excluding Trefforest Estate) and 4 tph to Barry.

External links

• Train times and station information for Eastbrook railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cogan		Arriva Trains Wales Vale Line		Dinas Powys