Tondu railway station

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Tondu National Rail
Looking north along the platform towards Maesteg.
Location
Place Tondu
Local authority Bridgend
Coordinates 51°32′51″N 3°35′43″W / 51.5474°N 3.5952°W / 51.5474; -3.5952Coordinates: 51°32′51″N 3°35′43″W / 51.5474°N 3.5952°W / 51.5474; -3.5952
Grid reference SS894843
Operations
Station code TDU
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  28,396
2005/06 Increase 28,869
2006/07 Increase 30,919
2007/08 Decrease 28,371
2008/09 Increase 29,572
2009/10 Increase 30,238
2010/11 Increase 36,110
2011/12 Increase 36,668
History
Original company Llynvi Valley Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
25 February 1864 Opened
22 June 1970 Closed
28 September 1992 Reopened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tondu from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Tondu railway station is a railway station serving the town of Tondu, Bridgend county borough, South Wales. It located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend.

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

History

The station was opened by the Llynvi Valley Railway on 25 February 1864.[1] Originally developed as part of the Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway, it was a junction of six railway lines:

Coal train from the Ogmore Valleys passing Tondu in 1962

It hence had an extensive set of railway workshops, and was also the junction access point for the Tondu Ironworks.

The ironworks shut from 1895 onwards, but the previous developments meant that it remained an important junction with the installation of a wagon works for the collieries in the area. After the Beeching Axe in the 1960s, and the closure of the Blaengarw and International collieries in the late 1980s, the station and lines were greatly rationalised. Tondu station was closed on 22 June 1970, and was reopened on 28 September 1992.[1] British Rail and Mid Glamorgan County Council reopened the line.

The current passing loop is still controlled by the former Tondu junction signal box, which manually controls the line using semaphore signals. As well as the former Maesteg Line, the former Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company line exists as a freight-only by-pass line to Margam.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Sarn   Arriva Trains Wales
Maesteg Line
   Garth
Historical railways
Sarn   Great Western Railway
Maesteg Line		   Llangynwyd
Line open, station closed.
Arriva Trains Wales 150252 passes the Tondu Junction signal box with a service to Cardiff Central.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 231. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. 

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