Barry Island train at Aberdare station. The Arriva Trains Wales service awaits departure from the northern terminus of the Aberdare Branch of the Merthyr Line. There are no express trains on this route, which is an "all stations" service. The one exception is that not all trains stop at Treforest Estate station. The scheduled journey time from Aberdare to Barry Island (via Pontypridd and Cardiff) at the early February 2014 date of this viewis 1 hour 33 minutes. The fleet number in view is 150264.