List of proposed railway stations in Wales
Below is a contemporary list of all major proposed railway stations in Wales.
Only stations which have been proposed by Transport for Wales and/or Network Rail, or which are state approved but private funded proposals (such as Cardiff Parkway) are shown.
List of proposed stations in South Wales[]
South East Wales[]
Cardiff area[]
- Cardiff Bay railway station extension (Cardiff) - by December 2023[1]
- Cardiff Parkway railway station (Cardiff) - by 2023 [2]
- Crwys Road railway station (Cardiff) - by December 2023[1]
- (Cardiff) - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)[3]
- Gabalfa railway station (Cardiff) - by 2028[1]
- Loudoun Square railway station (Cardiff) - by December 2023[1]
- Treforest Estate railway station relocation (Cardiff) - by December 2025[1]
Newport area[]
- Llanwern railway station (Newport) - date to be confirmed[4]
- Magor railway station (Newport) - proposed reopening of the station that closed in 1964, date to be confirmed[5]
- (Newport) - date to be confirmed[5]
- Newport West railway station (Newport) - date to be confirmed[5]
South West Wales[]
Carmarthenshire area[]
- St Clears railway station (Carmarthenshire) – proposed reopening of the station that closed in 1964. On the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)[3]
Swansea area[]
- West Wales Parkway railway station (Swansea) - proposed, date to be confirmed[6]
List of proposed stations in Mid Wales[]
Central Mid Wales[]
Powys area[]
- Carno railway station (Powys) - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)[3]
List of proposed stations in North Wales[]
Borderlands line[]
- Northern Gateway railway station or Deeside Parkway railway station (Deeside) - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)[3]
North Wales Coast line[]
- Broughton railway station, Flintshire - on the 2021 Metro Development Plan by Transport for Wales[7] and Future developments plan[8] for the North Wales Metro
- Greenfield railway station, Flintshire (on site of former Holywell Junction railway station) - on the 2021 Metro Development Plan[7] and Future developments plan[8] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
Shrewsbury–Chester line[]
- Wrexham North railway station - on 2021 Metro Development Plan[7] and Future developments plan[8] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
- Wrexham South railway station - on 2021 Metro Development Plan[7] and Future developments plan[8] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
Proposed reopening of Anglesey Central Railway line[]
- Amlwch railway station - part of the Future developments plan[8] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
- Gaerwen railway station - part of the Future developments plan[8] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
- Llangefni railway station - part of a April 2019 New Rail Stations Prioritisation – Stage 2 Assessment Report, by the Welsh Government, likely part of any reopening of ACR.[9]
See also[]
- South Wales Metro
- North Wales Metro
- Transport in Wales
- List of proposed railway stations in England
- Welsh Government
- Transport for Wales
- Network Rail
- Rail transport in the United Kingdom
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "What's Happening in South East Wales | Transport for Wales". tfw.gov.wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Cardiff Parkway Plans Revealed!". Cardiff TV. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d "New railway station plans on track". 27 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Griffiths, Niall (10 January 2019). "First steps taken in plans for new railway station near Llanwern steelworks". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "South Wales Metro: Future developments | Transport for Wales". tfw.wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Youle, Richard (21 July 2019). "Plans for new railway station and £58m upgrade to Cardiff Central". walesonline. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d TfW Metro Development 2021 - How we're developing Metro (March 2021) (PDF). tfw.wales: Transport for Wales. March 2021. pp. 4, 7–8.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b c d e f "North Wales Metro: Future developments | Transport for Wales". tfw.wales. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ New Rail Stations Prioritisation – Stage 2 Assessment Report, April 2019 (PDF). gov.wales: Welsh Government. 2019.
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