Risca and Pontymister railway station

Risca and Pontymister
Welsh: Rhisga a Phont-y-meistr

Location
Place	Pontymister
Local authority	Caerphilly
Grid reference	ST245902
Operations
Station code	RCA
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Owned by	Network Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2007/08	21,792
2008/09	0.101 million
2009/10	99,964
2010/11	0.107 million
2011/12	0.104 million
2012/13	0.100 million
2013/14	0.109 million
2014/15	0.108 million
History
Key dates	Opened 6 February 2008 (6 February 2008)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Risca and Pontymister from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Risca and Pontymister railway station (Welsh: Rhisga a Phont-y-meistr) is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in south-east Wales. It serves the village of Pontymister and the town of Risca. It is located roughly ½ mile south of the original Risca railway station.

The station is located near Ty Isaf School and Mill Street on a site of former railway sidings. The station has two platforms and a park and ride car park. Vehicular access to the station is off Maryland Road, with passenger access off Mill Street.

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

History of Risca station

The first steam locomotive passenger train ran on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Western Valley line on Monday December 23, 1850.^[1] Two trains towards Ebbw Vale and two towards Newport each weekday.^[1]

The MRCC had been running the canals and horse-drawn carriages on their tram-roads which went through Risca from 1795.^[2]

Passenger services on the original line ended in 1962.^[3]

References

1 2 "Advertising". Charles Hough. Monmouthshire Merlin. 4 January 1851. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
↑ Skillern, WJ (July 1960). "The Railways of Newport". The Railway Magazine 107 (711).
↑ Vay Le, Julian; Benedict Le Vay (1 December 2014). Britain from the Rails: Including the nation's best-kept-secret railways. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 271–. ISBN 978-1-84162-919-3.

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Train times and station information for Risca and Pontymister railway station from National Rail
Planning Approval Granted for New Railway Station
Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)
grid reference ST244902

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Crosskeys		Arriva Trains Wales Cardiff Central - Ebbw Vale Town		Rogerstone

Transport in Caerphilly County Borough

Road

Bus	Stagecoach in South Wales Traveline Cymru Newport Transport

Railway lines	Rhymney Line Ebbw Valley Railway

Railway stations	Aber Bargoed Brithdir Caerphilly Crosskeys Energlyn and Churchill Park Gilfach Fargoed Hengoed Llanbradach Newbridge Pengam Pontlottyn Rhymney Risca and Pontymister Tir-Phil Ystrad Mynach

Cycle	Taff Trail Celtic Trail (including NCR 46 and NCR 47) NCR 4:Newport to Llanelli section NCR 465 NCR 466 NCR 467 NCR 469 NCR 475

Walk	Cistercian Way Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Sirhowy Valley Ridgeway Walk Taff Trail

Waterways	Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

Railway stations in Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys:

Valley lines	Butetown Cardiff City Coryton Ebbw Valley Maesteg Merthyr Rhondda Rhymney Vale of Glamorgan

Other lines	South Wales Main Line Gloucester to Newport Line Welsh Marches Line South East Wales Metro

Major stations	Cardiff Central Cardiff Queen Street Newport Bridgend

Cardiff stations	Rail transport in Cardiff Birchgrove Cardiff Bay Cathays Coryton Danescourt Fairwater Grangetown Heath High Level Heath Low Level Lisvane and Thornhill Llandaf Llanishen Ninian Park Radyr Rhiwbina Ty Glas Waun-Gron Park Whitchurch

Valley Lines stations	Aber Abercynon Aberdare Bargoed Barry Barry Docks Barry Island Brithdir Cadoxton Caerphilly Cogan Crosskeys Cwmbach Dinas Powys Dinas Rhondda Dingle Road Eastbrook Ebbw Vale Parkway Ebbw Vale Town Energlyn & Churchill Park Fernhill Garth Gilfach Fargoed Hengoed Llanbradach Llanharan Llanhilleth Llantwit Major Llwynypia Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Vale Mountain Ash Newbridge Penarth Pencoed Pengam Penrhiwceiber Pentre-bach Pontlottyn Pontyclun Pontypridd Porth Pye Corner Quakers Yard Rhoose Cardiff International Airport Rhymney Risca and Pontymister Rogerstone Sarn Taffs Well Tir-Phil Tondu Ton Pentre Tonypandy Treforest Treforest Estate Trehafod Treherbert Treorchy Troed-y-rhiw Wildmill Ynyswen Ystrad Mynach Ystrad Rhondda

Other stations	Abergavenny Caldicot Chepstow Cwmbran Pontypool and New Inn Severn Tunnel Junction

Proposed stations	Aberbeeg Abertillery Caerleon Crumlin Low Level Cwm Llanwern Newport West St Fagans

Transport in Bridgend County Borough Transport in Caerphilly County Borough Transport in Cardiff Transport in Newport Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Transport in the Vale of Glamorgan UK railway stations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 3°05′35″W / 51.60554°N 3.09304°W / 51.60554; -3.09304

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