:Pencoed railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Bridgend, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Pencoed
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Barriers down at Hendre Road level crossing, Pencoed (geograph 4787959).jpg
| country = Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|51.5233|-3.5022|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SS958815|25|SS958815}}
| manager = Transport for Wales Rail
| platforms = 2
| code = PCD
| classification = DfT category F2
| original = South Wales Railway
| pregroup = Great Western Railway
| postgroup = Great Western Railway
| opened = {{start date and age|1850|06|19|df=y}}
| closed = {{end date and age|1964|11|02|df=y}}
| years = 11 May 1992
| events = Reopened
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.219 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 44,862}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.126 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.153 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.213 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
}}
Pencoed railway station is a minor station in Pencoed, Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. The station is located at street level at The Square in Pencoed.
It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by trains on the Maesteg Line, and occasionally by Swanline Cardiff to Swansea regional services, as well as the peak time Manchester to Carmarthen service. All trains are operated by Transport for Wales Rail.
History
The present station was one of two reopened between Cardiff and Bridgend by British Rail in September 1992 as part of the Maesteg Line reinstatement scheme, the previous station here having succumbed to the Beeching Axe in November 1964 (along with many other smaller stations on the Cardiff to Swansea main line).
Facilities
The station has 2 platforms:
The station is unstaffed - there is no ticket office nor are there any platform entry barriers. Passengers must purchase tickets on board trains or from a self-service ticket machine near the station entrance on platform 2. The two platforms are offset from each other, with platform 2 (Cardiff-bound) to the east of the level crossing that bisects the site and platform 1 (West Wales) to the west of it. Each platform has a waiting shelter, CIS display, and timetable posters, whilst there is also a customer help point at the entrance to platform 1. Though the station footbridge has steps, level access to both sides is possible via the road crossing.[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/PCD/details.html Pencoed station facilities] National Rail Enquiries
Platform 2 can accommodate a five-coach train and is {{convert|186|mi|49|chain|km|lk=in}} from the zero point at {{stn|London Paddington}}, measured via Stroud; the level crossing is at {{convert|186|mi|55|chain|km}}; whilst platform 1 can accommodate a four-coach train and is at {{convert|186|mi|60|chain|km}}.{{cite book |last=Padgett |first=David |editor-last=Munsey |editor-first=Myles |title=Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales |edition=6th |date=June 2018 |orig-year=1989 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-1-9996271-0-2 |at=map 22A }}
Incidents
In June 2008, a 16-year-old girl Sophie Harris was struck by a train and killed. Harris had been drinking.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8174792.stm|title = Girl hit by train after drinking|date = 29 July 2009}}
Services
The station has an hourly service westbound to {{stnlnk|Bridgend}} and {{stnlnk|Maesteg}} and eastbound towards {{stnlnk|Cardiff Central}}, with some services continuing on towards {{stnlnk|Newport}}, {{stnlnk|Chepstow}}, {{stnlnk|Gloucester}} and {{stnlnk|Cheltenham Spa}}. These services are operated mainly by Class 170 Turbostar units.
On Sundays the service decreases slightly. There is roughly a 2-hourly service to {{stnlnk|Maesteg}} however there are also four services a day to {{stnlnk|Manchester Piccadilly}} via {{stnlnk|Hereford}} and {{stnlnk|Shrewsbury}}, the latter of which is usually operated by either Class 158 Express Sprinter or Class 175 Coradia units.
A few early morning and late evening services take the spur to {{stnlnk|Ninian Park}} to continue onto {{stnlnk|Cardiff Central}} alongside Canton sidings, to retain route knowledge.
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{{rail line|previous=Llanharan |route=Transport for Wales
Maesteg Line |next=Bridgend |col={{KAW colour}} |lightcol={{CV colour|Maesteg}} }}
{{rail line|previous=
Pontyclun |route=Transport for Wales
South Wales Main Line |next=Bridgend |col={{KAW colour}} }}
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References
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External links
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{{Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys railway stations}}
{{Transport in Bridgend county borough}}
{{Commuter Stations: Cardiff Local Lines run by Arriva Trains Wales}}
Category:Railway stations in Bridgend County Borough
Category:DfT Category F2 stations
Category:Former Great Western Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992
Category:Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
Category:South Wales Main Line
Category:Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
Category:Beeching closures in Wales
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