Bridgend railway station
Railway station in Bridgend, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bridgend railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf Pen-y-bont) is a main line station serving the town of Bridgend, south Wales. It is located approximately halfway between Cardiff Central and Swansea stations, at the point where the Maesteg Line diverges from the South Wales Main Line; it is also the western terminus of the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff. It is 190 miles 45 chains (306.7 km) measured from the zero point at London Paddington, via Stroud.[2]
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General information | |||||
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Location | Bridgend, Bridgend county borough Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51°30′25″N 3°34′30″W | ||||
Grid reference | SS907798 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail | ||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | BGN | ||||
Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
Key dates | |||||
19 June 1850 | Station opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 1.559 million | ||||
Interchange | 51,195 | ||||
2019/20 | 1.508 million | ||||
Interchange | 59,262 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.322 million | ||||
Interchange | 8,839 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.937 million | ||||
Interchange | 27,812 | ||||
2022/23 | 1.133 million | ||||
Interchange | 33,063 | ||||
Listed Building – Grade II | |||||
Feature | Bridgend Railway Station (W.Platform Building) | ||||
Designated | 29 September 1986 | ||||
Reference no. | 11306[1] | ||||
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It is the fifth-busiest station in Wales, after Cardiff Central, Newport, Swansea and Cardiff Queen Street.