Newbridge railway station (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 Co-op food store and existing council car park. The single-platform station and car park is off a signalised junction on Bridge Street.

Newbridge
Welsh: Trecelyn
Newbridge railway station in March 2017
Location
Place	Newbridge
Local authority	Caerphilly
Coordinates	51°39′56.91″N 3°8′34.13″W
Grid reference	ST210969
Operations
Station code	NBE
Managed by	Transport for 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*
2014/15	0.132 million
2015/16	0.127 million
2016/17	0.136 million
2017/18	0.135 million
2018/19	0.130 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.

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.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llanhilleth		Transport for 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

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), an hourly train service between Ebbw Vale and Newport is planned.

References

Notes

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

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Clinker, C.R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC 655703233.

• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links

• Train times and station information for Newbridge railway station (Wales) from National Rail
• Planning Approval Granted for New Railway Station
• Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)