Newbridge railway station (Wales)

Newbridge Welsh: Trecelyn
Newbridge railway station in March 2017
Location	Newbridge, Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51°39′56.91″N 3°8′34.13″W / 51.6658083°N 3.1428139°W / 51.6658083; -3.1428139Coordinates: 51°39′56.91″N 3°8′34.13″W / 51.6658083°N 3.1428139°W / 51.6658083; -3.1428139
Grid reference	ST210969
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	NBE
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
23 December 1850 (1850-12-23)	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed to passengers
7 April 1969	Closed to goods
6 February 2008	Reopened
Passengers
2016/17	0.136 million
2017/18	0.135 million
2018/19	0.130 million
2019/20	0.128 million
2020/21	36,694
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 single-platform station and car park is off a signalised junction on Bridge Street.

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		Line open, station closed

Future[]

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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[]

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 & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newbridge (Caerphilly) railway station.

• 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)