Gilfach Fargoed railway station
Railway station in Caerphilly, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gilfach Fargoed railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gilfach, in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
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Location | Gilfach, Caerphilly Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51°41′03″N 3°13′39″W | ||||
Grid reference | ST152990 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
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Station code | GFF | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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April 1908 | Opened | ||||
6 July 2020 | Temporarily closed | ||||
21 August 2021 | Reopened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 4,396 | ||||
2019/20 | 4,972 | ||||
2020/21 | 74 | ||||
2021/22 | 1,158 | ||||
2022/23 | 3,902 | ||||
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The platforms are short (16 m or 52 ft)[1] and can barely accommodate a British Rail Class 153 train, due to its small size it is affectionately nicknamed "Gilfach International". Passengers can only alight from the front doors of any train calling here, so the conductor on longer trains must give passengers advance notice so that they have time to move towards the front set of doors.