Bridgend railway station
Bridgend 
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| Welsh: Pen-y-bont | |
Station entrance
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| Location | |
| Place | Bridgend |
| Local authority | Bridgend county borough |
| Grid reference | SS907798 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BGN |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.578 million |
| – Interchange |
 39,659 |
| 2012/13 |
1.547 million |
| – Interchange |
41,577 |
| 2013/14 |
1.670 million |
| – Interchange |
57,114 |
| 2014/15 |
1.518 million |
| – Interchange |
45,591 |
| 2015/16 |
1.541 million |
| – Interchange |
47,840 |
| History | |
| 19 June 1850 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bridgend from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bridgend railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf Pen-y-bont) is a mainline railway station, serving the town of Bridgend, South Wales. It is located approximately halfway between Cardiff Central and Swansea at the point where the Maesteg Line diverges from the South Wales Main Line, and is the western terminus of the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff via Barry and Llantwit Major. It is the fifth busiest station in Wales, after Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Newport and Swansea.
The station was opened on 19 June 1850, and both the main platform building and the 1877 pedestrian bridge are Grade II listed. The station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Services on both branch lines from the station were withdrawn for a time in the 1960s & early 1970s (trains on the Vale of Glamorgan line fell victim to the Beeching Axe in June 1964, whilst Maesteg trains were withdrawn in July 1970), but because the lines remained in situ due to coal traffic for the Aberthaw Power Station, each one has since been reopened to passenger services.
Passenger services are operated by Great Western Railway to and from London Paddington and Swansea, with some services extended to Carmarthen; and by Arriva Trains Wales to destinations across Wales.
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