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Garth (Bridgend)National Rail
General information
LocationGarth, Bridgend
Wales
Coordinates51°35′48″N 3°38′34″W / 51.5967°N 3.6428°W / 51.5967; -3.6428
Grid referenceSS863899
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeGMG
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyBritish Rail
Key dates
28 September 1992Opened as Garth
Passengers
2019/20Increase 12,756
2020/21Decrease 3,838
2021/22Increase 11,144
2022/23Increase 14,492
2023/24Increase 18,140
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
originally Duffryn, Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway
Legend
 
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 Castle Street
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
Cornelly Quarry
Nottage Halt
Nottage Tunnel
63 yd
58 m
Porthcawl

Garth railway station (Bridgend) 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).

History

It replaced a previous station, south of the current location, which was known as 'Troedyrhiw Garth', which closed in 1970. 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.

Service

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

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Tondu   Transport for Wales
Maesteg Line 		  Maesteg (Ewenny Road)
  Historical railways  
Llangynwyd
Line open, station closed. 		  Great Western Railway
Maesteg Line 		  Maesteg

References

  1. Arriva Trains Wales. "Garth (Mid Glamorgan)". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  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

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