Bridgend railway station

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Bridgend Welsh: Pen-y-bont
Station entrance, September 2018
General information
Location	Bridgend, Bridgend county borough Wales
Coordinates	51°30′25″N 3°34′30″W / 51.50694°N 3.57500°W / 51.50694; -3.57500
Grid reference	SS907798
Managed by	Transport for Wales Rail
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	BGN
Classification	DfT category C2
Key dates
19 June 1850	Station opened
Passengers
2018/19	1.559 million
Interchange	51,195
2019/20	1.508 million
Interchange	59,262
2020/21	0.322 million
Interchange	8,839
2021/22	0.937 million
Interchange	27,812
2022/23	1.133 million
Interchange	33,063
Listed Building – Grade II
Feature	Bridgend Railway Station (W.Platform Building)
Designated	29 September 1986
Reference no.	11306[1]
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bridgend railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf Pen-y-bont) is a main line station serving the town of Bridgend, south Wales. It is located approximately halfway between Cardiff Central and Swansea stations, at the point where the Maesteg Line diverges from the South Wales Main Line; it is also the western terminus of the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff. It is 190 miles 45 chains (306.7 km) measured from the zero point at London Paddington, via Stroud.^[2]

It is the fifth-busiest station in Wales, after Cardiff Central, Newport, Swansea and Cardiff Queen Street.