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Шаблон:Short descriptionШаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox 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.

More centrally located than Barry station, it is located on the Cardiff Central - Barry Island branch, Шаблон:Convert south of Cardiff Central and just over Шаблон:Convert 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

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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 Шаблон:Convert rail miles beyond, to places across the Bristol Channel, but eventually sold out to the Bristol company of P & A Campbell.

Services

Rail

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a 15-minute frequency northbound to Cardiff Central and beyond (alternately to Шаблон:Rws & Шаблон:Rws). 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.

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Bus

A transport interchange adjacent to the station was constructed in a former car park for the Barry Dock Offices.[2] It was completed in Summer 2023 following an investment of £3 million. There are currently no bus services calling at the interchange following the withdrawal of bus number 88.[3] In November, it was announced that Adventure Travel would operate the B3 service from the Interchange, starting from 8 January.[4]

References

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External links

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Шаблон:Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Шаблон:Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys railway stations