Garth railway station (Bridgend)

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]

Garth (Mid Glamorgan)
Location
PlaceGarth
Local authorityBridgend
Coordinates51.5967°N 3.6428°W / 51.5967; -3.6428
Grid referenceSS863899
Operations
Station codeGMG
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 14,810
2015/16 12,796
2016/17 12,036
2017/18 12,472
2018/19 18,782
History
Original companyBritish Rail
28 September 1992Opened 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.
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
originally Duffryn, Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway
 
to Glyncorrwg
Cymmer Viaduct
West Junction
Cymmer Afan
Abergwynfi
Abergwynfi Colliery
Cymmer Tunnel
1591 yd
1455 m
Caerau Colliery
Caerau
Nantyffyllon
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
Cefn Junction PTR&DCo
Kenfig Hill
Pyle Junction
Pyle
Cornelly Quarry
Nottage Halt
Nottage Tunnel
63 yd
58 m
Porthcawl

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]

Service

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

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

References
  1. Arriva Trains Wales. "Garth (Mid Glamorgan)". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 234. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Butt 1995, p. 101
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