Pencoed railway station
Pencoed 
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| Location | |
| Place | Pencoed |
| Local authority | Bridgend |
| Coordinates | 51°31′24″N 3°30′08″W / 51.5233°N 3.5022°WCoordinates: 51°31′24″N 3°30′08″W / 51.5233°N 3.5022°W |
| Grid reference | SS958815 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PCD |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 0.225 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.297 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.239 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.237 million |
| 2016/17 |
0.233 million |
| History | |
| Original company | South Wales Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 19 June 1850 | Opened |
| 2 November 1964 | Closed |
| 11 May 1992 | Reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pencoed from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Pencoed railway station is a minor railway 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 the Swanline Cardiff to Swansea regional services. All trains are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.
The present station was one of two reopened between Cardiff & 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).
The station has 2 platforms:
The station is unmanned - 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 1. The two platforms are offset from each other, with platform 1 (Cardiff-bound) to the east of the level crossing that bisects the site and platform 2 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.
In June 2008, a 16-year-old girl Sophie Harris was struck by a train and killed. Harris had been drinking.
There is a basic hourly service in each direction Mon-Sat, westwards to Bridgend and Maesteg and westwards to Cardiff Central (with regular extensions through to Cheltenham Spa). On Sundays, there are just four calls in each direction, provided by the Carmarthen to Manchester Piccadilly service.
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