Rogerstone railway station

Railway station in Newport, Wales

51°35′46″N 3°04′01″W / 51.596°N 3.067°W / 51.596; -3.067Grid referenceST262890Owned byNetwork RailManaged byTransport for WalesPlatforms1Other informationStation codeRORClassificationDfT category F2Key datesAugust 1851Opened as Tydee1898[1]renamed Rogerstone30 April 1962Closed6 February 2008Reopened as RogerstonePassengers2018/19Decrease 81,5222019/20Increase 85,1122020/21Decrease 14,9242021/22Increase 55,2422022/23Increase 70,426
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. In 2018, Transport for Wales took over running of the services. On 13 December 2021, a direct service to Newport railway station was added,[2] suspended in January 2022 because of staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and reinstated in May 2022.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, there are two trains per hour between Cardiff Central or Newport and Ebbw Vale Town. On Sundays, the Cardiff to Ebbw Vale service runs via Newport every two hours.

The journey time to Newport is 14 minutes, Cardiff Central is 25 to 30 minutes, and it is around 35 minutes to Ebbw Vale.[3]

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Cleppa Park, Tredegar Park and the Royal Gwent Hospital, from the reopening of the Ebbw Valley Railway, but was withdrawn in May 2008 due to low usage.[4] In November 2011, the Welsh Government announced that it would be reinstated on a trial basis for a year.[5]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Risca and Pontymister   Transport for Wales
Ebbw Vale Town - Cardiff / Newport
   Pye Corner

See also

References

  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 387
  2. ^ "Trains: Crosskeys to Newport service is first since 1962". BBC News. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ^ May to December 2009 timetables
  4. ^ "Subsidised bus-rail link scrapped". BBC News. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
  5. ^ "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)
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