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 former Co-op Food store and existing council car park. The station car park and access to platform 2 is off a signalised junction on Bridge Street, with pedestrian access to platform 1 via Celynen Road.

Newbridge Welsh: Trecelyn
Newbridge railway station in April 2023
General information
Location	Newbridge, Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51°39′56.91″N 3°8′34.13″W
Grid reference	ST210969
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
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
2018/19	0.130 million
2019/20	0.128 million
2020/21	36,694
2021/22	85,036
2022/23	0.109 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

Second platform added

There are plans for an hourly train from Ebbw Vale Town to Newport; to accommodate the extra services, a passing loop and second platform have been built at Newbridge and Llanhilleth, opening on 4 December 2023.^[4]

Services

A half-hourly service operates in both directions on weekdays (southbound destinations alternate between Cardiff and Newport) 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

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 168.
2. Quick 2009, p. 288.
3. Clinker 1988, p. 100.
4. "Passengers look forward to more frequent trains as multi-million-pound upgrade of Ebbw Vale railway line is completed on time". Network Rail Media Centre.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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

• 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)