Hengoed railway station

Hengoed
National Rail
General information
LocationHengoed, Caerphilly
Wales
Coordinates51°38′50″N 3°13′31″W / 51.6471°N 3.2254°W / 51.6471; -3.2254
Grid referenceST153949
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHNG
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1858
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.142 million
2020/21Decrease 23,108
2021/22Increase 73,330
2022/23Increase 0.106 million
2023/24Increase 0.124 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hengoed railway station serves the village of Hengoed in the county borough of Caerphilly, South Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

History

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The current station was initially named Hengoed & Maesycwmmer when opened by the Rhymney Railway in 1858. Then on railway grouping into the Great Western Railway in 1923 it became known as Hengoed Low Level to avoid confusion.[1]

Hengoed High Level railway station

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Immediately adjacent, and crossing Hengoed Low Level was another station which originally shared the name Hengoed & Maesycwmmer, serving the Taff Vale Extension from Pontypool to Quakers Yard (and ultimately Neath). This station was renamed in 1923 to Hengoed High Level.[1] The High Level station was immediately at the end of the Hengoed Viaduct, which carried the line across the Rhymney valley to Maesycwmmer. It was closed in June 1964. The line is disused, but the viaduct has been restored and is now part of the National Cycle Network. Some remains of the platforms have also been preserved.

Maesycwmmer railway station

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The towns shared a third railway station on the former Rumney Railway, which on amalgamation with the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway was called Maesycwmmer & Hengoed. In 1923 it was renamed simply Maesycwmmer.

Services

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The Monday to Saturday daytime service pattern is four trains an hour southbound to Cardiff Central: three continue to Barry Island and one to Bridgend. Northbound four trains an hour run to Bargoed with two of those continuing to Rhymney. The frequency decreases in the evening.

On Sundays, the service pattern is one train an hour southbound to Cardiff Central and Barry Island, and one an hour northbound to Rhymney.[2]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Ystrad Mynach   Transport for Wales
Rhymney Line
  Pengam

References

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  1. ^ a b The GWR Handbook 1923-1947 by David Wragg, Sutton Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-7509-4217-7
  2. ^ "Timetables". Transport for Wales. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
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