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What's running through Pontypridd today?

Explore booked passenger trains and freight at Pontypridd today. Timetable entries show what is expected, not a record of trains observed. 17 October 2026

QuietInterest Score 3.3 / 10

A quieter day here — worth checking another location or mode.

245 trains213 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 245 movements at Pontypridd on 17 October 2026. Each entry is a booked call or pass at this railway location. The same service can appear on other location pages. Train types are inferred from planning data and can change on the day.

What's worth watching

245 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

06:00–07:0016 trains

13 passenger0 freight3 other1 types

06:02arr2F04
TREHERBERT → CARDIFF CENTRAL
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:02arr2M00
CARDIFF CENTRAL → MERTHYR TYDFIL
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:09arr5A00
TREHERBERT SIDINGS → PONTYPRIDD
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Other
06:13dep1A00
PONTYPRIDD → ABERDARE
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:14arr3B02
TAFFS WELL DEPOT → PONTYPRIDD
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Other
06:17arr1M06
ABERDARE → MERTHYR TYDFIL
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:21arr3Q00
TAFFS WELL DEPOT → MERTHYR TYDFIL
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Other
06:23dep2B02
PONTYPRIDD → CARDIFF BAY
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:28arr2M02
CARDIFF CENTRAL → MERTHYR TYDFIL
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:35arr1A06
MERTHYR TYDFIL → ABERDARE
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:40arr2J00
CARDIFF CENTRAL → PONTYPRIDD
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:42arr2F06
TREHERBERT → CARDIFF CENTRAL
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:45arr1A02
CARDIFF CENTRAL → ABERDARE
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:47arr1M08
ABERDARE → MERTHYR TYDFIL
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:53dep2B06
PONTYPRIDD → CARDIFF BAY
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:57arr2T00
CARDIFF CENTRAL → TREHERBERT
Transport for Wales · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger

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07:00–08:0014 trains

14 passenger0 freight1 types

08:00–09:0014 trains

12 passenger0 freight2 other1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallWednesday06:15–07:15

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySunday10:00–11:00

Most unusualWednesday06:15–07:15

The weekend is quieter — around 22% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.3	245	0	06:00–07:00
Sunday 18	3.2	129	0	10:00–11:00
Monday 19	3.8	239	0	06:15–07:15
Tuesday 20	3.8	240	0	06:15–07:15
Wednesday 21	3.9	241	0	06:15–07:15

Scored from the booked timetable for each upcoming date. Short-notice changes (VSTP, engineering work) added closer to the day aren't reflected yet, so a date further out is a rougher guide than tomorrow.

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

245 trains are booked here today — 34% more than a typical Saturday (183).

Trains a day223typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour06:00on a weekday

Best dayFridaySaturday at weekends

Around 9.3 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 06:00, 07:00, 08:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday217 on average
Tuesday218 on average
Wednesday218 on average
Thursday218 on average
Friday219 on average
Saturday198 on average
Sunday112 on average

Passenger
Freight
Other

Weekday (Mon–Fri)

Averaged over 28 dates. Averaged across real dates resolved from the booked timetable, including short-term overlays and cancellations. These are trains BOOKED to run, not observed movements — these profiles use timetable samples rather than the short window of retained station sightings.

What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU510 workings
Diesel-hauled4 workings

Planned operators

Transport for Wales510 workings
GB Railfreight4 workings

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Booked timetable entries from the previous 7 days, independent of the selected date above. These are not observations of trains that actually ran.

16 Oct3S59
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct3S59
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
14 Oct3S59
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
13 Oct3S59
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
12 Oct3S59
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
11 Oct3S59
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled

Based on the booked national timetable (CIF) per date, not a live/actually-happened feed — a late change or cancellation on one of these dates won't be reflected here.

Recent booked movements

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00:00	2	3
01:00	0	1
02:00	1	0
03:00	0	0
04:00	0	0
05:00	8	4
06:00	13	7
07:00	13	6
08:00	13	8
09:00	12	9
10:00	13	10
11:00	12	9
12:00	12	9
13:00	12	9
14:00	12	9
15:00	12	9
16:00	13	10
17:00	12	9
18:00	13	10
19:00	12	9
20:00	12	9
21:00	11	9
22:00	7	5
23:00	8	4

What's running through Pontypridd today?

What's worth watching

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Most trains

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What tends to happen here

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What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Recent booked movements

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