Bridgend railway station

Bridgend
Welsh: Pen-y-bont
Location
Place	Bridgend
Local authority	Bridgend county borough
Grid reference	SS907798
Operations
Station code	BGN
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	4
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.904 million
2005/06 *	1.057 million
2006/07 *	1.171 million
2007/08 *	1.343 million
2008/09 *	1.504 million
2009/10 *	1.535 million
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bridgend from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

The station in 1962

Bridgend railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a mainline railway station serving the town of Bridgend, South Wales. It is located approximately halfway between Cardiff Central and Swansea at the point where the Maesteg Line diverges from the South Wales Main Line, and is the western terminus of the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff via Barry and Llantwit Major. It is the fifth busiest station in Wales after Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Newport and Swansea.

History

The station was opened on 18 July 1850, and both the main platform building and the 1877 pedestrian bridge are Grade II listed. The station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Services

A First Great Western InterCity 125 service headed by 43004 departs Bridgend with a service to Swansea.

Passenger services are operated by First Great Western to and from London Paddington and Swansea, with some services extended to Carmarthen; and by Arriva Trains Wales to destinations across Wales.

To the west, Arriva Trains Wales trains run along the South Wales Main Line and West Wales Line to Swansea and then to Carmarthen, Pembroke Dock, Milford Haven or Fishguard Harbour.

Mainline services to Swansea and London run hourly (with extra services at peak hours), whilst regional and local services run hourly.

Platforms

• Platform 1A
  • Arriva Trains Wales:
    • Aberdare via Rhoose Cardiff International Airport, Barry and Cardiff Central.
    • Cardiff Central via Rhoose and Barry.
    • Terminating services from Aberdare and Cardiff Central.
• Platform 1
  • First Great Western:
    • Swansea via Port Talbot Parkway and Neath.
    • Carmarthen via Swansea.
  • Arriva Trains Wales & Swanline:
    • Swansea via Port Talbot Parkway and Neath.
    • Maesteg via Wildmill.
    • Milford Haven via Carmarthen from either Cardiff Central or Manchester Piccadilly
    • Pembroke Dock via Carmarthen from either Cardiff Central or Manchester Piccadilly
    • Fishguard Harbour via Carmarthen from either Cardiff Central or Cheltenham Spa
    • Shrewsbury via Swansea on the Heart of Wales Line.
• Platform 2
  • First Great Western:
    • London Paddington via Cardiff Central and Reading.
  • Arriva Trains Wales & Swanline:
    • Cardiff Central services that start at Swansea.
    • Manchester Piccadilly via Crewe.
    • Cheltenham Spa via Newport from Maesteg.
• Platform 3
  • Arriva Trains Wales:
    • Maesteg via Wildmill.
    • Terminating services from Maesteg.

Platforms 1 and 2 are full length platforms used for all long distance services on the South Wales Mainline.

Platform 1A was opened in July 2005 by Andrew Davies to act as the terminus for the newly re-opened Vale of Glamorgan Line, whose trains now run through to Aberdare.

Platform 3, has been re-commissioned as an overflow bay platform facing west, and is used for services from {[stnlnk|Maesteg}}.

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pencoed		Arriva Trains Wales Maesteg Line		Wildmill
Llantwit Major		Arriva Trains Wales Vale of Glamorgan Line		Terminus
Cardiff Central		Arriva Trains Wales South Wales Main Line		Pyle
Cardiff Central		First Great Western London - Swansea		Port Talbot Parkway

External links

• Train times and station information for Bridgend railway station from National Rail