Barry Docks railway station

Coordinates: 51°24′09″N 3°15′41″W / 51.4024°N 3.2615°W

Barry Docks National Rail
Welsh: Dociau'r Barri
Location
Place Barry
Local authority Vale of Glamorgan
Grid reference ST123677
Operations
Station code BYD
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  50,492
2005/06 Increase 68,228
2006/07 Increase 97,820
2007/08 Increase 0.115 million
2008/09 Increase 0.120 million
2009/10 Increase 0.131 million
2010/11 Increase 0.149 million
2011/12 Increase 0.176 million
2012/13 Increase 0.191 million
2013/14 Increase 0.204 million
History
Key dates Opened 20 December 1888
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Barry Docks from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Barry Docks Railway Station is one of three railway stations serving the town of Barry, South Wales.

More centrally located than Barry station, it is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line from 7 14 miles (11.7 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend (via Barry and Rhoose) and Barry Island.

It was built after the Barry Railway Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 14 August 1884, for the construction of the Barry Docks. The company also ran Paddle Steamers from the nearby pier across the Bristol Channel, but eventually sold out to the Bristol company of P and A Campbell.

Rail passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

The station in 1962

Services

Monday to Saturday dayimes there is a 15-minute frequency northbound to Cardiff Central and beyond. Southbound 3 trains per hour to Barry Island and an hourly service to Bridgend via Rhoose.

Evenings and Sundays there is a generally a half-hourly service to Cardiff Central. Evenings there is an hourly service southbound to Barry Island and Bridgend whilst on Sundays half-hourly to Barry Island and every two hours to Bridgend.

External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Cadoxton   Arriva Trains Wales
Vale Line
  Barry