In 2022/2023, Risca and Pontymister had 72,414 entries and exits, making it the 1,781^st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 684^th busiest (out of 997), with 400 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 198.39 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 3.48 passengers per service, giving it the 1,372^nd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1	97	352
2	97	352

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2008-09 New station in 2007 so high growth expected.

Location: Risca and Pontymister
CRS: RCA / NLC: 9920 / TIPLOC(S): RISCA
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 324464 190233
Constituency: Islwyn
Local Authority: Caerphilly - Caerffili
NR Region: Wales
ELR: WVL 5m 12ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Risca and Pontymister during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (24,467 journeys)
•Newbridge (2,226 journeys)
•Ebbw Vale Town (1,919 journeys)
•Crosskeys (1,266 journeys)
•Llanhilleth (715 journeys)
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