Barry Docks railway station

Barry Docks Welsh: Dociau'r Barri
Location	Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Wales
Coordinates	51°24′09″N 3°15′41″W / 51.4024°N 3.2615°W / 51.4024; -3.2615Coordinates: 51°24′09″N 3°15′41″W / 51.4024°N 3.2615°W / 51.4024; -3.2615
Grid reference	ST123677
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BYD
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	20 December 1888
Passengers
2016/17	0.224 million
2017/18	0.246 million
2018/19	0.251 million
2019/20	0.239 million
2020/21	53,694
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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 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, e.g. to Rhymney, Treherbert and Ebbw Vale town, the City Line trains that run between Radyr and Coryton, as well as the South Wales main line eastbound. The westbound Vale of Glamorgan branch gives a connection at Bridgend to the South Wales main line towards Swansea and to the Llynfi branch to Maesteg.

On 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

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• Train times and station information for Barry Docks railway station from National Rail