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Newbridge railway station (Wales)

Newbridge railway station (Wales)

Railway station in Caerphilly, Wales

Newbridge railway station (Welsh: Trecelyn) is on the Ebbw Valley Railway and serves the towns of Newbridge and Blackwood in south east Wales. The current station is on the site of the former station and coal yard in the town centre opposite the former Co-op Food store and existing council car park. The station car park and access to platform 2 is off a signalised junction on Bridge Street, with pedestrian access to platform 1 via Celynen Road.

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History

Original station

The original station was opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 23 December 1850, and closed to passengers on 30 April 1962 and to goods on 7 April 1969.[1][2][3] It had 2 platforms.

Station reopened

The station and line reopened on 6 February 2008 when services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station commenced.[2] In February 2009 Caerphilly County Borough Council started construction on a footbridge to link the station with the Comprehensive School, Leisure Centre and the town centre.

Second platform added

There are plans for an hourly train from Ebbw Vale Town to Newport; to accommodate the extra services, a passing loop and second platform have been built at Newbridge and Llanhilleth, opening on 4 December 2023.[4]

Services

A half-hourly service operates in both directions on weekdays (southbound destinations alternate between Cardiff and Newport) and Saturdays with a two-hourly Sunday service.

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References

Notes

  1. [1]
    Butt 1995, p. 168.
  2. [2]
    Quick 2009, p. 288.
  3. [3]
    Clinker 1988, p. 100.
  4. [4]
    "Passengers look forward to more frequent trains as multi-million-pound upgrade of Ebbw Vale railway line is completed on time". Network Rail Media Centre.

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