Pencoed railway station

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 unstaffed - 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. ==References==