Garth railway station
Garth railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garth, Bridgend, Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. The station is known as Garth in order to differentiate it from Garth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Bridgend, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Garth (Bridgend)”, “Garth Station”, “GMG”, “Troedyrhiew”, “Troedyrhiew Garth”, and “Troedyrhiw Garth Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maesteg railway station and Maesteg railway station.
Maesteg railway station
Railway station
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Maesteg railway station is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Maesteg in Wales. It is located adjacent to the Ewenny Road Industrial Estate to the south of Maesteg on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. Maesteg railway station is situated 3,400 feet north of Garth railway station.
Maesteg railway station
Railway station
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Maesteg railway station is one of two railway stations that serves the town of Maesteg in Wales. The British Rail 1992 built station is located in the centre of the town, adjacent to the Asda Supermarket store and on former sidings 8+1⁄4 miles north of Bridgend. Maesteg railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Garth railway station.
Ainon Welsh Baptist Chapel
Church
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ainon Welsh Baptist Chapel is a church, which is situated 3,700 feet southeast of Garth railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmfelin and Llangynwyd.
Cwmfelin
Village
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmfelin is a village on the southern outskirts of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. It was once part of the medieval commote of Tir Iarll, before becoming a part of the parish of Llangynwyd.
Llangynwyd
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Llangynwyd is a village 2 miles to the south of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. There are two parts to Llangynwyd, the larger more recent village is simply known as Llangynwyd while the smaller much older part which contains St Cynwyds church is locally known as "Top Llan".
Caerau
Village
Photo: eswales, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caerau is a former mining village in the community of Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located approximately 2 miles north of the centre of Maesteg town in the Llynfi Valley. Caerau is situated 3 miles north of Garth railway station.
Garth railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Maesteg, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.59668° or 51° 35′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.64268° or 3° 38′ 34″ westElevation
335 feet (102 metres)Operator
Transport for Wales RailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“GMG”Open location code
9C3RH9W4+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 32547323OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Garth railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station Garth (Mid Glamorgan)”
- Dutch: “station Garth”
- Dutch: “Station Garth”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة جارث”
- French: “gare de Garth”
- French: “Garth”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Garth”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Garth railway station”. Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.