Bargoed railway station

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Bargoed Interchange, opened in 2011, is a three-minute walk from the railway station.

The redeveloped bus station building was funded through the European Union Regional Development Fund, and through the Welsh Government's Targeted Match Funding, Transport Grant programme, and the Heads of the Valleys Programme.

Bus services run to Newport, Merthyr Tydfil, Blackwood, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, and Ystrad Mynach

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References

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Bargoed

Welsh: Bargod
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General information
Location Bargoed, Caerphilly
Wales
Coordinates 51°41′34″N3°13′48″W / 51.6928°N 3.2299°W / 51.6928; -3.2299
Grid reference SO150000
Managed by Transport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBGD
Classification DfT category E
History
Opened1858
Key dates
September 2013Signal box closed [1]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 0.216 million