Llangynwyd railway station

Llangynwyd
The old overgrown platform by the reopened Maesteg Line.
Location
Place	Llangynwyd
Area	Bridgend
Coordinates	51°35′19″N 3°37′52″W / 51.5887°N 3.6311°W / 51.5887; -3.6311Coordinates: 51°35′19″N 3°37′52″W / 51.5887°N 3.6311°W / 51.5887; -3.6311
Grid reference	SS870890
Operations
Original company	Llynvi Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
25 February 1864 (1864-02-25)	Station opened as Llangonoyd
1 January 1917	Station closed
1 January 1919	Station reopened
March 1935	Renamed Llangynwyd
15 July 1970 (1970-07-15)	Station closed
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Llangynwyd railway station is on the Maesteg Line in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. It was closed to regular passenger trains on 22 June 1970 but continued to be served by school trains until 15 July 1970,^[1] The line through the station reopened in 1992 by British Rail.

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References

↑ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 13. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Tondu Line and station open		Great Western Railway		Garth Line and station open

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

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