Pengam railway station
Railway station in Caerphilly, Wales
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pengam railway station is situated in Pengam on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network in South Wales. It is also the nearest station to the town of Blackwood. It is 16 miles 30 chains (26.4 km) from Cardiff (Bute East Dock), near Cardiff Bay, and is between Hengoed and Gilfach Fargoed.[2] The station is managed by Transport for Wales Rail, who operate all services.
Pengam  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Glan-y-nant, Caerphilly Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°40′12″N 3°13′48″W | ||||
| Grid reference | ST150975 | ||||
| Manager | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | PGM[1] | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 31 March 1858 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  32,616 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.125 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.189 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.211 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.214 million | ||||
| |||||
| |||||
History
The station opened on 31 March 1858.[3] Between 1 February 1909 and 1 July 1924, the station was named Pengam & Fleur-de-lis, and was also named Pengam Glam between 29 March 1926 and 6 May 1968.[3]
The station was a short walk from the former Pengam (Mon) station.
In January 2020, a Transport for Wales service caught fire at the station after a heater overheated.[4]
The line through the station was electrified in late 2025.[5]
Facilities
The station previously had an independently-run ticket office, one of 21 stations in the country as of 2018.[6] It closed during Covid-19, then reopened (this time run by Transport for Wales staff).[7] However, the ticket office has been permanently closed since 2023.[7][8]
The station has ticket machines, a car park, shelters, help points, cycle storage and live departure screens.[9]
Passenger volume
The station is the second busiest station on the Rhymney Line, after Caerphilly.
| 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 375,494 | 397,569 | 426,341 | 485,195 | 469,688 | 457,734 | 450,990 | 464,464 | 448,000 | 460,970 | 469,052 | 471,778 | 490,342 | 461,066 | 473,760 | 423,128 | 32,616 | 125,188 | 189,282 | 210,680 | 214,248 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
Monday to Saturday daytime train services have four trains per hour in each direction. Northbound, there are two trains per hour that terminate at Bargoed, and two trains per hour that continues to Rhymney. Southbound, there are three trains per hour to Barry Island, and an hourly service to Bridgend via Rhoose Cardiff International Airport.[11]
Evening northbound services have a half-hourly service to Rhymney. Evening southbound services have an hourly service to Barry Island and Bridgend. On Sundays, the train service will run hourly between Rhymney and Barry Island, one northbound service continues to Rhymney and one southbound service continues to Barry Island.[11]
The Class 231, Class 150 and Class 153 trains operates to Barry Island and the Class 150 and Class 153 trains operates to Bridgend.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hengoed | Transport for Wales Rhymney Line |
Gilfach Fargoed | ||
