Hengoed_railway_station
Hengoed railway station
Railway station in Caerphilly, Wales
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.
Hengoed  | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Hengoed, Caerphilly Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°38′50″N 3°13′31″W |
| Grid reference | ST153949 |
| Managed by | Transport for Wales |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | HNG |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1858 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.167 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.142 million |
| 2020/21 | 23,108 |
| 2021/22 | 73,330 |
| 2022/23 | 0.106 million |
| Location | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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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
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
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.
The station has 4 departures per hour in each direction Mon-Sat daytimes[2]- southbound to Caerphilly, Cardiff Central and Penarth and northbound to Bargoed. One each hour of the latter runs through to Rhymney (with extras at peak times). During the evening, the frequency drops to hourly each way and on Sundays to two-hourly (when trains run southbound to Barry Island).
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ystrad Mynach | Transport for Wales Rhymney Line |
Pengam | ||
- The GWR Handbook 1923-1947 by David Wragg, Sutton Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-7509-4217-7
- Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- Train times and station information for Hengoed railway station from National Rail
- Photographs of the current station and remains of Hengoed High Level[permanent dead link]