Garth (Bridgend) railway station

Garth (Bridgend)
Location
Place	Garth
Local authority	Bridgend
Coordinates	51°35′48″N 3°38′34″W / 51.5967°N 3.6428°WCoordinates: 51°35′48″N 3°38′34″W / 51.5967°N 3.6428°W
Grid reference	SS863899
Operations
Station code	GMG
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	15,512
2005/06	14,739
2006/07	14,233
2007/08	17,861
2008/09	20,888
2009/10	19,834
2010/11	17,064
2011/12	17,836
2012/13	19,152
2013/14	26,292
2014/15	14,810
History
Original company	British Rail
28 September 1992	Opened as Garth
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Garth (Bridgend) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
Legend
originally Duffryn, Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway    to Glyncorrwg South Wales Mineral Railway to Tonmawr Cymmer Viaduct Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway to Port Talbot • to Treherbert West Junction Cymmer Afan Abergwynfi Abergwynfi Colliery Cymmer Tunnel 1591 yd 1455 m Caerau Colliery Caerau Nantyffyllon Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company to Pontyrhyl Maesteg (Neath Road) PTR&DCo to Port Talbot Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Garth Troedyrhiew Garth Llangynwyd Ogmore Valley Railway to Brynmenyn Tondu South Wales Main Line to Bridgend Cefn Junction PTR&DCo Kenfig Hill South Wales Main Line to Bridgend Pyle Junction Pyle South Wales Main Line to Swansea closed 1965 Cornelly Quarry Nottage Halt Nottage Tunnel 63 yd 58 m Porthcawl

Garth (Bridgend) railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garth, Bridgend, Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. The station is known as Garth (Bridgend) in order to differentiate it from Garth (Powys).^[1]

History

It replaced a previous station, south of the current location, which was known as 'Troedyrhiew Garth', which closed in 1970.^[2] When the current station opened with the restoration of passenger services in 1992 by British Rail, there was much local debate whether to call the station 'Troedyrhiw Garth' once more because of the potential confusion with Garth Railway Station on the Heart of Wales Line in Powys. Upon opening on 28 September 1992 the new station was named simply Garth.^[3]

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines commuter rail network.

References

1. Arriva Trains Wales. "Garth (Bridgend)". Retrieved 2013-03-19.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 234. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Butt 1995, p. 101

External links

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