Rogerstone railway station
Location | Rogerstone, Newport Wales |
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Coordinates | 51°35′46″N 3°04′01″W / 51.596°N 3.067°WCoordinates: 51°35′46″N 3°04′01″W / 51.596°N 3.067°W |
Grid reference | ST262890 |
Owned by | Network Rail |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Station code | ROR |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
Key dates | |
August 1851 | Opened as Tydee |
30 April 1962 | Closed |
6 February 2008 | Reopened as Rogerstone |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 90,088 |
2017/18 | 90,610 |
2018/19 | 81,522 |
2019/20 | 85,112 |
2020/21 | 14,924 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Rogerstone railway station (Welsh: Tŷ-du) is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in the community of Rogerstone in Newport, south Wales. The station is situated ½ mile north of the original station on the site of former rail sidings. The station is within the Afon Village housing development. Access to the single-platform station and associated car park is off Lily Way.
The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway commenced, with trains being operated by Arriva Trains Wales. On 17 May 2015, a new northern terminus was opened at Ebbw Vale Town railway station.
Services[]
On Mondays to Saturdays, there are four trains an hour, alternating between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Town and Newport and Crosskeys services. On Sundays, the hourly Cardiff to Ebbw Vale service runs via Newport.
The journey time to Newport is 14 minutes, Cardiff Central is 25–30 minutes, and it is around 35 minutes to Ebbw Vale.[1]
A subsidised rail linc bus operated between the station and Newport city centre via Celtic Springs, Cleppa Park, Tredegar Park and the Royal Gwent Hospital, from the reopening of the Ebbw Valley Railway, but was withdrawn in May 2008 due to low usage.[2] In November 2011, the Welsh Government announced that it would be reinstated on a trial basis for a year.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ May to December 2009 timetables
- ^ "Subsidised bus-rail link scrapped". BBC News. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ "Bus–rail link between Ebbw Vale and Newport returns". BBC News. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rogerstone railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Rogerstone railway station from National Rail
- Planning Approval Granted for New Railway Station
- Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2008
- Railway stations opened by Network Rail
- Railway stations in Newport, Wales
- Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail