Garth (Mid Glamorgan) railway station

Garth (Mid Glamorgan)
Location
Place	Garth
Local authority	Bridgend
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
Operations
Station code	GMG
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	17,836
2012/13	19,152
2013/14	26,292
2014/15	14,810
2015/16	12,796
History
Original company	British Rail
28 September 1992	Opened as Garth
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Garth (Mid Glamorgan) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
originally Duffryn, Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway
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

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]

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]

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

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Garth (Mid Glamorgan) railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tondu		Arriva Trains Wales Maesteg Line		Maesteg (Ewenny Road)
	Historical railways
Llangynwyd Line open, station closed.		Great Western Railway Maesteg Line		Maesteg