Maesteg railway station

Maesteg National Rail

Arriva Trains Wales 150208 stands at Maesteg with a service from Cheltenham Spa.
Location
Place Maesteg
Local authority Bridgend
Coordinates 51°36′35″N 3°39′17″W / 51.6096°N 3.6547°W / 51.6096; -3.6547Coordinates: 51°36′35″N 3°39′17″W / 51.6096°N 3.6547°W / 51.6096; -3.6547
Grid reference SS855913
Operations
Station code MST
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  0.137 million
2005/06 Increase 0.139 million
2006/07 Increase 0.160 million
2007/08 Decrease 0.158 million
2008/09 Increase 0.172 million
2009/10 Increase 0.176 million
2010/11 Increase 0.189 million
2011/12 Increase 0.191 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.171 million
2013/14 Increase 0.219 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.188 million
History
Key dates Opened 1992 (1992)
25 February 1864 Opened
1 July 1924 Name changed to Maesteg Castle Street
6 May 1968 Name changed to Maesteg
22 June 1970 Closed to public
14 July 1970 Last school train
28 September 1992 Reopened by British Rail
2008 Platform lengthened to accommodate 4 car trains.
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maesteg from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Maesteg railway station is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Maesteg in Wales. The British Rail 1992 built station is located in the centre of the town, adjacent to the Asda Supermarket store and on former sidings.

History

The station is now the terminus of the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. Previously the line continued northbound through the old Maesteg Castle Street station (first opened in 1861), which closed with the withdrawal of passenger services in July 1970. Mineral traffic had continued to several collieries in the areas until November 1985 (with the route remaining open past Llynfi North Junction as far north as Nantyffyllon to serve the NCB Maesteg Central Washery as well as the three pits) but the closure of the last remaining mine at St John's and the washery saw the line fall into disuse. The former station platforms and footbridge still exist, although the track has now been removed and there is heavy tree and plant growth at the location.

Services

The general service pattern is one train per hour to Cardiff Central via Bridgend, with most trains extended to Cheltenham Spa via Newport, Chepstow, Lydney and Gloucester.[1]

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

There are two long-distance daily services to Maesteg. One of these starts at Chester, and the other runs from Holyhead.

The first train of the day is an Ebbw Vale Parkway service.

There is no Sunday service.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Maesteg (Ewenny Road)   Arriva Trains Wales
Maesteg Line
  Terminus
Disused railways
Nantyffyllon   Great Western Railway
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
  Garth

References

  1. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 128 (Network Rail)
The footbridge of the old Castle Street station, a few hundred yards further up the line.
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Llynvi and Ogmore Railway

Legend
 originally Duffryn, Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway 
 
to Glyncorrwg
South Wales Mineral Railway
to Tonmawr

Cymmer Viaduct

Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
to Port Talbot • to Treherbert

West Junction
Cymmer Afan
Abergwynfi
Abergwynfi Colliery
Cymmer Tunnel
1591 yd
1455 m
Caerau Colliery
Caerau
Nantyffyllon

Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company
to Pontyrhyl

Maesteg (Neath Road)
PTR&DCo
to Port Talbot
Maesteg
Maesteg (Ewenny Road)
Garth
Troedyrhiew Garth
Llangynwyd
Ogmore Valley Railway
to Brynmenyn
Tondu
South Wales Main Line
to Bridgend
Cefn Junction PTR&DCo
Kenfig Hill
South Wales Main Line
to Bridgend
Pyle Junction
Pyle

South Wales Main Line
to Swansea
closed 1965
Cornelly Quarry
Nottage Halt
Nottage Tunnel
63 yd
58 m
Porthcawl
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