Trefforest Railway Station

Not a huge fan of this train station to be honest. It does the job and isn’t downright horrible, but without a doubt dated and in need of a good scrub.
~ Location:
Treforest in general is a really beautiful and scenic location with plenty of lovely greenery, which the train station is surrounded by. Unfortunately, there’s not much nearby besides the university and a few local pubs.
~ Atmosphere:
Where Trefforest Railway Station falls short, for me. Like I mentioned, it’s very dated. The station itself is extremely tiny with a small ticketing office and that’s pretty much it. It’s very dirty as well seeing as how it’s constantly filled with university students coming and going, but very little maintenance to keep up with cleanliness or appearances. There are 2 platforms at this station, with a walkway going over the tracks to connect the 2.
~ Customer Service:
Because there’s about 1 staff member at this station (at the ticketing booth), if the booth is closed I really hope you know how to manage which train to catch. Personally though, I’ve never actually gone to the ticketing booth to comment on the helpfulness of the staff.
~ Service Frequency:
From what I can tell, trains coming to and from Trefforest Railway Station isn’t too rare. However, one thing that I dislike are that the trains on this route are always the crappy, tiny old ones. I guess you have to use dated trains to match the dated railway station. Also, the tracks are a bit too close for comfort as with every passing train, it’s absolutely terrifying loud (more than normal on most routes) and you feel like you’ve just been barely grazed. When a freight train came around, I’m ashamed to say that I jumped a bit.
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Overall, Trefforest Railway Station definitely does its job in providing service to and from Trefforest. There’s enough trains coming through that you shouldn’t have to wait too long before your next one but it’s really truly in dire need of some TLC.

This is the station that services the University of Glamorgan Trefforest Campus. There’s not much to it, just the platforms and the information boards. There’s live departures and arrivals on the platform and on the website. You can get there on foot either from the campus down The Sidings or from Ponty by walking up Park Street and you’ll see a set of steps in the stone wall just past the Otley pub. There is parking but you have to get there pretty early in the morning to use any of it.
It’s actually a pretty handy shortcut across from campus into Ponty as there are no ticket barriers and you can just use the footbridge.