Bridgend train station

Bridgend is a major interchange: 100 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Cardiff Central, with 169 trains a day.

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Bridgend is the nearest station for postcodes in CF31. Check your own postcode.

100 direct destinations
405th busiest in Britain
Staffed part time
Step-free throughout
94 parking spaces
5 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Bridgend

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Cardiff Central	169	99	93
Port Talbot Parkway	99	79	61
Neath	98	79	61
Swansea	97	79	61
Newport	66	51	52
Llanharan	59	6	19
Pencoed	59	6	19
Pontyclun	59	6	19
Llanelli	58	3	0
Carmarthen	57	3	0
Pembrey and Burry Port	56	3	0
Bristol Parkway	46	39	29
London Paddington	44	37	28
Swindon	42	37	28
Reading	41	37	28
Gowerton	38	1	0
Whitland	38	1	0
Barry	35	27	16
Barry Docks	35	3	16
Cadoxton	35	3	16
Cogan	35	3	16
Dinas Powys	35	3	16
Eastbrook	35	3	16
Grangetown	35	3	16
Llantwit Major	35	27	16
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport	35	27	16
Garth (Bridgend)	34	36	16
Maesteg Ewenny Road	34	36	16
Maesteg	34	36	16
Sarn	34	36	16
Tondu	34	36	16
Wildmill	34	36	16
Crosskeys	33	0	1
Ebbw Vale Town	33	0	1
Ebbw Vale Parkway	33	0	1
Llanhilleth	33	0	1
Newbridge	33	0	1
Pye Corner	33	0	1
Risca and Pontymister	33	0	1
Rogerstone	33	0	1

and 60 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Bridgend

Bridgend is on the South Wales Main Line and the Vale of Glamorgan Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Bridgend station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Bridgend station on 482 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 85 paths on the Wednesday, 52 paths on the Saturday and 27 paths on the Sunday. 104 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 14:00 to 15:00 on the Monday, with 7 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Bridgend station is

1,379,566 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 405th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 55,517 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Bridgend and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 546,762 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.