Maesteg railway station

Maesteg
Arriva Trains Wales 150208 stands at Maesteg with a service from Cheltenham Spa.
Location
Place	Maesteg
Local authority	Bridgend
Coordinates	51°36′35″N 3°39′17″W / 51.6096°N 3.6547°W / 51.6096; -3.6547Coordinates: 51°36′35″N 3°39′17″W / 51.6096°N 3.6547°W / 51.6096; -3.6547
Grid reference	SS855913
Operations
Station code	MST
Managed by	Transport for Wales Rail
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	0.171 million
2013/14	0.219 million
2014/15	0.188 million
2015/16	0.185 million
2016/17	0.191 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1992 (1992)
25 February 1864	Opened
1 July 1924	Name changed to Maesteg Castle Street
6 May 1968	Name changed to Maesteg
22 June 1970	Closed to public
14 July 1970	Last school train
28 September 1992	Reopened by British Rail
2008	Platform lengthened to accommodate 4 car trains.
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maesteg from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Maesteg railway station is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Maesteg in Wales. The British Rail 1992 built station is located in the centre of the town, adjacent to the Asda Supermarket store and on former sidings 8 ¹⁄₄ miles (13.3 km) north of Bridgend.

History

The station is now the terminus of the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. Previously the line continued northbound through the old Maesteg Castle Street station (first opened in 1861), which closed with the withdrawal of passenger services in July 1970. Mineral traffic had continued to several collieries in the areas until November 1985 (with the route remaining open past Llynfi North Junction as far north as Nantyffyllon to serve the NCB Maesteg Central Washery as well as the three pits) but the closure of the last remaining mine at St John's and the washery saw the line fall into disuse. The former station platforms and footbridge still exist, although the track has now been removed and there is heavy tree and plant growth at the location.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has a single platform with waiting shelter, CIS display, customer help point, timetable information board and self-service ticket machine next to the main entrance. The latter can be used for collecting pre-paid tickets as well as for purchasing tickets prior to travel. Level access is available between the car park and platform.^[1]

Services

The general service pattern is one train per hour to Cardiff Central via Bridgend, with most trains extended to Cheltenham Spa via Newport, Chepstow, Lydney and Gloucester.^[2]

Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales.

There are two long-distance daily services to Maesteg. One of these starts at Chester, and the other runs from Holyhead.

The first train of the day is a through working to Ebbw Vale Town.

There is no Sunday service.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Maesteg (Ewenny Road)		Transport for Wales Maesteg Line		Terminus
	Disused railways
Nantyffyllon		Great Western Railway Llynvi and Ogmore Railway		Garth

References

The footbridge of the old Castle Street station, a few hundred yards further up the line.

External links

• RAILSCOT - Photographs of Maesteg
• "Wales Rails - Bridgend to Maesteg Line"

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maesteg railway station.

• Train times and station information for Maesteg railway station from National Rail

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