Ellesmere Port to Rhondda runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:54 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €25.64 and €29.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 14m over 211 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€25.64 to €29.49
- 146%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ellesmere Port
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:54First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Ellesmere Port to Rhondda on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €60.29Wed16
- about €69.09Thu17
- about €51.49Fri18
- about €49.84Sat19
- about €39.94Sun20
- about €44.89Mon21
- about €31.14Tue22
- about €35.54Wed23
- about €48.19Thu24
- about €34.99Fri25
- about €35.54Sat26
- about €39.94Sun27
- about €30.04Mon28
- about €29.49Tue29
- about €31.69Wed30
- about €31.69Thu1
- about €27.84Fri2
- about €33.89Sat3
- about €26.19Sun4
- about €25.64Mon5
- about €27.83Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Rhondda. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rhondda for the night the train gets in
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When to book Ellesmere Port to Rhondda
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.5490 days
- €31.1460 days
- €28.3945 days
- €27.8330 days
- €27.8321 days
- €29.4914 days
- €31.147 days
- €51.493 days
- €60.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €24.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is €60.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ellesmere Port to Rhondda and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
211 km
184 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
65,430 → 69,506
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 211 km against 184 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Llanelli, Shrewsbury, Hereford. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
Rhondda is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Blaenrhondda railway station
Most of the points near Blaenrhondda railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ellesmere Port to Rhondda
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
The fastest journey from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda takes 2h 14m door to door, of which 1h 34m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 20m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
The cheapest fare from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda is €25.64, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €35.54. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
The cheapest way from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda is by train, at €29.49 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 18m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
Fares from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €24.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 146 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda, at €29.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda, at €19.04 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
1 operators sell services from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda across 1 mode: Transport for Wales. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
25 percent of the services we sell from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda are direct. The rest connect at Llanelli, Shrewsbury, Hereford, with about 64 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda use?
Services from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda by train leave from Overpool railway station and arrive at Blaenrhondda railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Ellesmere Port to Rhondda allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ellesmere Port to Rhondda on September 15, 2026: 211 km of route against 184 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €25.64, and 2h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Rhondda is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Rhondda and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Rhondda in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ellesmere Port reaches 14 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 202 km. Rhondda reaches 10 places in 1 countries, from 49 to 195 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ellesmere Port
- 14Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Rhondda
Leaving Rhondda
- 10Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators