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Aber railway station will be closed for six weeks while its two platforms are resurfaced, Transport for Wales (TfW) has confirmed.

The station, which is on the Rhymney line, will be shut between Monday, October 10 and Tuesday, November 22, with a replacement shuttle bus service running between it and Caerphilly railway station.

In a letter sent to residents living nearby, TfW said it will be installing “modular anti-slip boards” on both platforms, and will be using equipment such as generators, drills and more during the process.

TfW has said there will be some noise but it will “do what we can to keep it to a minimum”.

It also said it will be working day and night, with some of the work having to be done at time when trains are not running.

Cllr Shayne Cook, who represents the Morgan Jones ward, welcomed the work. He said: “Myself and Cllr Jamie Pritchard held a meeting with Transport for Wales back in August 2021 and lobbied for enhancements following the station being closed because of a crumbling platform.”

Last summer, the station was closed briefly for repairs after a ‘defect’ was spotted on one of the platforms during an inspection. At the time, Cllr Pritchard, who also represents the Morgan Jones ward, told Caerphilly Observer that parts of the platform edge had crumbled away.