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West Wales and The Valleys Railway Statistics

There are 154 railway stations in West Wales and The Valleys.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Swansea 2,186,354
  2. 2 Bridgend 1,278,334
  3. 3 Neath 778,136
  4. 4 Bangor 697,246
  5. 5 Trefforest 649,910
  6. 6 Pontypridd 595,650
  7. 7 Caerphilly 568,944
  8. 8 Rhyl 566,794
  9. 9 Port Talbot Parkway 538,542
  10. 10 Llandudno 397,446

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Roman Bridge 680
  2. 2 Pont-y-Pant 814
  3. 3 Llandecwyn 834
  4. 4 Tygwyn 986
  5. 5 Cynghordy 1,012
  6. 6 Pensarn 1,162
  7. 7 Llanwrda 1,162
  8. 8 Bynea 1,990
  9. 9 Dolgarrog 2,060
  10. 10 Abererch 2,306

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Abererch peaked during 2017-18 with 21,572,122 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 19% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 0% by 2024.

Passenger Estimates for Abererch table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9811,996,805
1998-9911,942,601
1999-0012,754,133
2000-0113,017,861
2001-0213,701,495
2002-0313,850,364
2003-04 
2004-0514,429,959
2005-0614,520,466
2006-0715,596,610
2007-0817,223,638
2008-0918,651,566
2009-1019,465,824
2010-1120,392,828
2011-1220,795,208
2012-1320,833,896
2013-1421,225,518
2014-1521,139,258
2015-1621,139,258
2016-1721,508,748
2017-1821,572,122
2018-1921,359,808
2019-2020,102,842
2020-213,786,882
2021-2212,196,946
2022-2315,709,354
2023-24