Pencoed railway station

Pencoed

Location
Place	Pencoed
Local authority	Bridgend
Coordinates	51°31′24″N 3°30′08″W / 51.5233°N 3.5022°W / 51.5233; -3.5022Coordinates: 51°31′24″N 3°30′08″W / 51.5233°N 3.5022°W / 51.5233; -3.5022
Grid reference	SS958815
Operations
Station code	PCD
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.165 million
2005/06	0.161 million
2006/07	0.177 million
2007/08	0.194 million
2008/09	0.206 million
2009/10	0.201 million
2010/11	0.215 million
2011/12	0.231 million
2012/13	0.225 million
2013/14	0.297 million
2014/15	0.239 million
History
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
19 June 1850 (1850-06-19)	Opened
2 November 1964	Closed
11 May 1992	Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pencoed from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Pencoed railway station is a minor railway station in Pencoed, Bridgend county borough, south Wales. The station is located at street level at The Square in Pencoed. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by trains on the Maesteg Line, and occasionally by the Swanline Cardiff to Swansea regional services. All trains are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

The present station was one of two reopened between Cardiff & Bridgend by British Rail in September 1992 as part of the Maesteg Line reinstatement scheme - the previous station here having succumbed to the Beeching Axe in November 1964 (along with many other smaller stations on the Cardiff to Swansea main line).

Facilities

The station has 2 platforms:

Platform 1, for westbound trains towards Swansea
Platform 2, for eastbound trains towards Cardiff

The station is unmanned - there is no ticket office nor are there any platform entry barriers. Passengers must purchase tickets on board trains.

Incidents

In June 2008, a 16-year-old girl Sophie Harris was struck by a train and killed. Harris had been drinking.^[1]

Services

There is a basic hourly service in each direction Mon-Sat, westwards to Bridgend and Maesteg and westwards to Cardiff Central (with regular extensions through to Cheltenham Spa). On Sundays, there are just four calls in each direction, provided by the Carmarthen to Manchester Piccadilly service.^[2]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llanharan		Arriva Trains Wales Maesteg Line		Bridgend

References

↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8174792.stm
↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 128

External links

Train times and station information for Pencoed railway station from National Rail

Railway stations in Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys:

Valley lines	Butetown Cardiff City Coryton Ebbw Valley Maesteg Merthyr Rhondda Rhymney Vale of Glamorgan

Other lines	South Wales Main Line Gloucester to Newport Line Welsh Marches Line South East Wales Metro

Major stations	Cardiff Central Cardiff Queen Street Newport Bridgend

Cardiff stations	Rail transport in Cardiff Birchgrove Cardiff Bay Cathays Coryton Danescourt Fairwater Grangetown Heath High Level Heath Low Level Lisvane and Thornhill Llandaf Llanishen Ninian Park Radyr Rhiwbina Ty Glas Waun-Gron Park Whitchurch

Valley Lines stations	Aber Abercynon Aberdare Bargoed Barry Barry Docks Barry Island Brithdir Cadoxton Caerphilly Cogan Crosskeys Cwmbach Dinas Powys Dinas Rhondda Dingle Road Eastbrook Ebbw Vale Parkway Ebbw Vale Town Energlyn & Churchill Park Fernhill Garth Gilfach Fargoed Hengoed Llanbradach Llanharan Llanhilleth Llantwit Major Llwynypia Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Vale Mountain Ash Newbridge Penarth Pencoed Pengam Penrhiwceiber Pentre-bach Pontlottyn Pontyclun Pontypridd Porth Pye Corner Quakers Yard Rhoose Cardiff International Airport Rhymney Risca and Pontymister Rogerstone Sarn Taffs Well Tir-Phil Tondu Ton Pentre Tonypandy Treforest Treforest Estate Trehafod Treherbert Treorchy Troed-y-rhiw Wildmill Ynyswen Ystrad Mynach Ystrad Rhondda

Other stations	Abergavenny Caldicot Chepstow Cwmbran Pontypool and New Inn Severn Tunnel Junction

Proposed stations	Aberbeeg Abertillery Caerleon Crumlin Low Level Cwm Llanwern Newport West St Fagans

Transport in Bridgend County Borough Transport in Caerphilly County Borough Transport in Cardiff Transport in Newport Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Transport in the Vale of Glamorgan UK railway stations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Transport in Bridgend county borough

Road	M4 motorway European route E30 A48 road A473 road A4061 road A4063 road

Bus	First Cymru Veolia Transport Cymru National Express Bridgend bus station

National Cycle Network	National Cycle Route 4 National Cycle Route 88

Railway lines	South Wales Main Line Maesteg Line Vale of Glamorgan Line

Railway stations	Bridgend Garth Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Pencoed Pyle Sarn Tondu Wildmill

Cheltenham Spa to Maesteg

Cheltenham to Cardiff Central	Cheltenham Spa Gloucester Lydney Chepstow Caldicot Severn Tunnel Junction Newport Cardiff Central

Cardiff Central to Maesteg	Cardiff Central Pontyclun Llanharan Pencoed Bridgend Wildmill Sarn Tondu Garth Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Maesteg

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