Pencoed railway station
Pencoed railway station is a minor station in Pencoed, Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. The station is located at street level at The Square in Pencoed.

It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by trains on the Maesteg Line, and occasionally by Swanline Cardiff to Swansea regional services, as well as the peak time Manchester to Carmarthen service. All trains are operated by Transport for Wales Rail.

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

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 level crossing 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.

Platform 2 can accommodate a five-coach train and is  from the zero point at , measured via Stroud; the level crossing is at ; whilst platform 1 can accommodate a four-coach train and is at .

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
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