Garth (Mid Glamorgan) railway station is a railway station serving the village of

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, Bridgend, Wales. It is located on the

Maesteg Line The Maesteg Line is a commuter rail line in South Wales from Bridgend to Maesteg. Services usually operate from Maesteg to via the South Wales Main Line and Gloucester to Newport Line. Electrification by 2019 was announced in the Departmen ...

from Cardiff via Bridgend. The station is known as Garth (Mid Glamorgan) in order to differentiate it from .

History

It replaced a previous station, south of the current location, which was known as 'Troedyrhiw Garth', which closed in 1970. When the current station opened with the restoration of passenger services in 1992 by

British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

, there was much local debate whether to call the station 'Troedyrhiw Garth' once more because of the potential confusion with

Railway Station on the Heart of Wales Line in Powys. Upon opening on 28 September 1992 the new station was named simply ''Garth''.

Service

Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines commuter rail network.

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{{Commuter Stations: Cardiff Local Lines run by Arriva Trains Wales Maesteg Railway stations in Bridgend County Borough DfT Category F2 stations Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail