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	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wildmill

Welsh: *Melin Wyllt*
Wildmill; Welsh: Melin Wyllt
General information
Location	Bridgend, Bridgend; Wales
Coordinates	51°31′12″N 3°34′49″W / 51.5199°N 3.5803°W
Grid reference	SS904812
Managed by	Transport for Wales Rail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	WMI
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
16 November 1992	Opened
16 November 1992	Closed
12 December 1992	Reopened
Passengers
2019/20	28,126
2020/21	3,708
2021/22	15,258
2022/23	23,648
2023/24	31,566
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wildmill railway station is a railway station serving the district of Wildmill, Bridgend, South Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend.

History

The railway line between Bridgend and Maesteg had been in operation since 1866, but closed to passenger trains in 1970. Following campaigning in the 1980s and 1990s, the line reopened in 1992, with new stations in Wildmill, Sarn, Tondu, and Garth, as well as two in Maesteg (Ewenny Road and Castle Street).^[1] The cost of the new stations were funded by the Mid Glamorgan County Council. Services began running to Maesteg in September, and the line was officially opened in October by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.^[2]

Wildmill station was one of the later stations to be opened,^[1] and initially operated on a trial basis to gauge demand.^[3] The initial opening by British Rail took place on 16 November, but the station had to be closed after just a few hours, due to the station shelter being one inch too close to the platform edge.^[4] Health and Safety Executive officers also demanded changes to the overhang on the shelter roof, which was five inches too near to the end of the platform.^[4] It was reopened nearly four weeks later, on 12 December 1992.^[5]^[6]