Bargoed railway station

Bargoed railway station serves the town of Bargoed in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney branch of the Valley Lines network. It is located close to the Bargoed Interchange bus station.

Bargoed

Welsh: Bargod
National Rail
General information
LocationBargoed, Caerphilly
Wales
Coordinates51°41′34″N 3°13′48″W / 51.6928°N 3.2299°W / 51.6928; -3.2299
Grid referenceSO150000
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBGD
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1858
Key dates
September 2013Signal box closed[1]
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.198 million
2020/21Decrease 26,928
2021/22Increase 99,540
2022/23Increase 0.148 million
2023/24Increase 0.168 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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Bargoed Station in 1965

The station was opened on 31 March 1858 by the Rhymney Railway and was once a busy junction, serving lines to Newport (via Bedwas) and Brecon (the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway) as well as the current route, but the latter pair were both closed to passengers on 31 December 1962 and completely in 1963–5. The junction site and trackbed of the old Brecon line is still visible north of the station.

In 1905 it was renamed Bargoed and Aber Bargoed reverting to its original name in 1924[2] There was another similarly name station, Aber Bargoed, opened by the Brecon & Merthyr Junction Railway & located on the now defunct Newport line north of Bargoed South Junction.

Services

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The Monday to Saturday daytime service pattern is four trains an hour southbound to Cardiff Central: three continue to Barry Island and one to Bridgend. Northbound two trains an hour run to Rhymney, one skipping intermediate stations. The frequency decreases in the evening.

On Sundays, the service pattern is one train an hour southbound to Cardiff Central and Barry Island, and one an hour northbound to Rhymney.[3]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Gilfach Fargoed
or Pengam
  Transport for Wales
Rhymney Line
  Brithdir
or Rhymney
Disused railways
Groesfaen Colliery Platform
Line and station closed
  Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway   Pengam
Line and station closed

Bus station

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Bargoed Interchange, opened in 2011, is a three-minute walk from the railway station.

The redeveloped bus station building was funded through the European Union Regional Development Fund, and through the Welsh Government's Targeted Match Funding, Transport Grant programme, and the Heads of the Valleys Programme.

Bus services run to Newport, Merthyr Tydfil, Blackwood, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, and Ystrad Mynach

References

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  1. ^ Guppy, Anthony (20 March 2024). "The privatisation years". Feature Pictorial News. Rail Magazine. No. 1005. pp. 50–55.
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd
  3. ^ "Timetables". Transport for Wales. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
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