Newbridge railway station, Caerphilly

Newbridge National Rail
Welsh: Trecelyn

150213 and 150229 at Newbridge on the first weekend after reopening
Location
Place Newbridge
Local authority Caerphilly
Grid reference ST210969
Operations
Station code NBE
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2007/08  20,573
2008/09 Increase 0.115 million
2009/10 Increase 0.120 million
2010/11 Increase 0.132 million
2011/12 Decrease 0.131 million
2012/13 Increase 0.134 million
2013/14 Steady 0.134 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.132 million
History
23 December 1850 (1850-12-23) Opened
30 April 1962 Closed to passengers
7 April 1969 Closed to goods
6 February 2008 Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newbridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Newbridge railway station (Welsh: Trecelyn) is on the Ebbw Valley Railway and serves the towns of Newbridge and Blackwood in south east Wales.

History

The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station commenced.[1] Plans include an hourly service to Newport.

The station is on the site of the former station and coal yard in the town centre opposite the Co-op food store and existing council car park. The single-platform station and car park is off a signalised junction on Bridge Street. The original station was opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 23 December 1850, which closed to passengers on 30 April 1962 and to goods on 7 April 1969.[2][1][3]

An hourly service operates in both directions on weekdays and Saturdays with a two-hourly Sunday service.

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.

Future

Doubling between Crosskeys and Aberbeeg Jct will require a second platform to be built at Newbridge and Llanhilleth

Following completion of the doubling and new platform (including Llanhilleth), a train service between Ebbw Vale and Newport is planned.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Quick 2009, p. 288.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 168.
  3. Clinker 1988, p. 100.

Sources

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newbridge (Caerphilly) railway station.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Llanhilleth   Arriva Trains Wales
Cardiff Central - Ebbw Vale Town
  Crosskeys
Historical railways
Crumlin Low Level
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
  Celynen South Halt
Line open, station closed

Coordinates: 51°39′56.91″N 3°8′34.13″W / 51.6658083°N 3.1428139°W / 51.6658083; -3.1428139

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