Treforest railway station
Treforest 
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| Welsh: Trefforest | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Treforest |
| Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Coordinates | 51°35′31″N 3°19′30″W / 51.5920°N 3.3250°WCoordinates: 51°35′31″N 3°19′30″W / 51.5920°N 3.3250°W |
| Grid reference | ST083889 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TRF |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.911 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.834 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.825 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.810 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.801 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Taff Vale Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Taff Vale Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| December 1846 | Station opened as Treforest |
| 1 July 1924 | Renamed Treforest Low Level |
| 5 May 1930 | Renamed Treforest |
| 12 May 1980 | Renamed Trefforest |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Treforest from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Treforest railway station is a railway station serving the village of Treforest, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line 18 km (11½ miles) north west of Cardiff Central. Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales.
The first section of the Taff Vale Railway (TVR), between Cardiff Docks and Navigation House (now Abercynon) was opened on 8 October 1840. The station at Treforest was not opened until 1847. As well as being served by trains between Merthyr & Cardiff on the main TVR route, it also acted as the junction station for the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway branch line from its opening to passenger traffic in 1875.
The TVR was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922, along with the Barry Railway and several others. Both the Barry Railway and the TVR had stations named Treforest, so to avoid confusion, the ex-TVR station was renamed Treforest Low Level on 1 July 1924.
The former Barry Railway passenger service between Porth and Barry was diverted via Treforest Low Level from 10 July 1930, and on that date the station resumed its previous identity of Treforest. Services to both Cardiff & Barry on this route ended on 10 September 1962, whilst that to Llantrisant had been withdrawn a decade earlier (on 31 March 1952). Both lines had closed completely by 1964.
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