Bargoed railway station

Bargoed railway station serves the town of Bargoed in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network and is located close to the Bargoed Interchange bus station.

History

The station was opened on 31 March 1858 by the Rhymney Railway and was once a busy junction, serving lines to and Brecon, as well as the current route. However, the lines to Bedwas and Brecon were both closed to passengers on 31 December 1962, and completely in 1963–5. The junction site and trackbed of the old Brecon line are still visible north of the station.
In 1905, it was renamed Bargoed and Aber Bargoed, before reverting to its original name in 1924. Another similarly named station, Aber Bargoed, was opened by the Brecon & Merthyr Junction Railway and located on the now-defunct Newport line north of Bargoed South Junction.

Services

The typical Monday to Saturday daytime service pattern consists of four trains per hour southbound to : three continue to and one to. Northbound, two trains per hour run to, one skipping intermediate stations. The frequency decreases in the evening.
On Sundays, the service pattern is one train per hour southbound to and, and one per hour northbound to.

Bus station

Bargoed Interchange, which opened in 2011, is a three-minute walk from the railway station.
The redeveloped bus station building was funded through the European Union Regional Development Fund, the Welsh Government's Targeted Match Funding, the Transport Grant programme, and the Heads of the Valleys Programme project.
Bus services run to Newport, Merthyr Tydfil, Blackwood, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, and Ystrad Mynach.