Pencoed railway station is a minor station in Pencoed,

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county borough, south Wales. The station is located at street level at The Square in Pencoed, from . It is a stop on the

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, served by trains on the

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, and occasionally by Swanline Cardiff to Swansea regional services, as well as the peak time Manchester to Carmarthen service. All trains are operated by

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History

The present station was one of two reopened between Cardiff and Bridgend by British Rail in September 1992 as part of the

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).

Facilities

The station has 2 platforms: *Platform 1, for westbound trains towards Swansea *Platform 2, for eastbound trains towards

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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 2. The two platforms are offset from each other, with platform 2 (Cardiff-bound) to the east of the

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that bisects the site and platform 1 (West Wales) 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.

Incidents

In June 2008, a 16-year-old girl Sophie Harris was struck by a train and killed. Harris had been drinking.

Services

The station has an hourly service westbound to and and eastbound towards , with some services continuing on towards , , and . These services are operated mainly by Class 170 ''Turbostar'' units. On Sundays the service decreases slightly. There is roughly a 2-hourly service to however there are also four services a day to via and , the latter of which is usually operated by either Class 158 ''Express Sprinter'' or Class 175 ''Coradia'' units. A few early morning and late evening services take the spur to to continue onto alongside Canton sidings, to retain route knowledge.

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Railway stations in Bridgend County Borough DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain South Wales Main Line Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail Beeching closures in Wales Pencoed {{Wales-railstation-stub