Garth railway station (Bridgend)

Garth (Mid Glamorgan) 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 (Mid Glamorgan) in order to differentiate it from Garth (Powys).^[1]

Garth (Mid Glamorgan)
General information
Location	Garth, Bridgend Wales
Coordinates	51°35′48″N 3°38′34″W / 51.5967°N 3.6428°W / 51.5967; -3.6428Coordinates: 51°35′48″N 3°38′34″W / 51.5967°N 3.6428°W / 51.5967; -3.6428
Grid reference	SS863899
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	GMG
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
28 September 1992	Opened as Garth
Passengers
2017/18	12,472
2018/19	12,182
2019/20	12,756
2020/21	3,838
2021/22	11,144
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e 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

History

It replaced a previous station, south of the current location, which was known as 'Troedyrhiw 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]

Service

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

Preceding station	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

External links

 

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