Barry Docks railway station

Barry Docks Railway Station is one of three railway stations serving the town of Barry, South Wales. Rail passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

Barry Docks

Welsh: Dociau'r Barri
LocationBarry, Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
Coordinates51°24′09″N 3°15′41″W
Grid referenceST123677
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBYD
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened20 December 1888
Passengers
2015/16 0.216 million
2016/17 0.224 million
2017/18 0.246 million
2018/19 0.251 million
2019/20 0.239 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

More centrally located than Barry station, it is located on the Cardiff Central - Barry Island branch, 7 miles (11 km) south of Cardiff Central and just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Barry station and junction for the Vale of Glamorgan branch to Bridgend via Rhoose Cardiff International Airport station and Llantwit Major station.

History
The station in 1962

It was built after the Barry Railway Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 14 August 1884, for the construction of the Barry Docks.

The company also ran Paddle Steamers from Barry Pier 2.5 miles (4.0 km) rail miles beyond, to places across the Bristol Channel, but eventually sold out to the Bristol company of P & A Campbell.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a 15-minute frequency northbound to Cardiff Central and beyond (alternately to Merthyr Tydfil & Aberdare). Southbound, there are 3 trains per hour to Barry Island and an hourly service to Bridgend via Rhoose.[1] Eastbound services connect at Cardiff Central for other valley lines termini, e.g. Rhymney, Treherbert and Ebbw Vale town and also the shorter City Line trains that run between Radyr and Coryton and of course, the South Wales main line eastbound. The westbound Vale of Glamorgan branch to Bridgend gives a connection to the South Wales main line or the Llynfi branch to Maesteg and also run through to Aberdare or Merthyr to and from Bridgend.

Evenings and Sundays there is a generally a half-hourly service to Cardiff Central. Evenings there is an hourly service southbound to Barry Island and Bridgend whilst on Sundays half-hourly to Barry Island and every two hours to Bridgend.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Cadoxton   Transport for Wales
Vale Line
   Barry

References
  1. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2017
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