Severn Tunnel Junction railway station

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Severn Tunnel Junction
Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren
Severn Tunnel Junction
Location
Place Rogiet
Local authority Monmouthshire
Operations
Station code STJ
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms in use 3
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 ** 118,092
History
1850
c. 1886		 Opened as Rogiet
Renamed Severn Tunnel Junction
National Rail - UK railway stations

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Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Severn Tunnel Junction (source)
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Severn Tunnel Junction railway station (Welsh: Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren) is a small railway station on the western side of the Severn Tunnel at Rogiet (which was the station's name before the tunnel was built) in Monmouthshire, Wales. It lies at the junction of the South Wales Main Line from London and the Gloucester to Newport Line.

The next station to the west is Newport. The next stations to the east are at Pilning in South Gloucestershire (through the tunnel) and nearby Caldicot (on the Gloucester line).

[edit] History

Originally called Rogiet Station[1] after the nearby village, it was renamed after the opening of the Severn Tunnel in 1886.

The Great Western Railway built a major goods yard at the junction, which sorted coal coming from the South Wales Valleys to the London and the Midlands; while in reverse, it sorted goods from the rest of the UK to South Wales. The station and goods yard were well bombed during World War Two, due to the large goods yard facility[2].

As a result of reduced coal and industrial production from the mid-1980's from South Wales, and increases in fixed goods formations, Severn Tunnel Junction goods yard and locomotive depot were closed from 12 October 1987 with residual marshalling moving to Newport railway station[3]. After the tracks were lifted in the early 1990's, part of the site of the former goods yard was used for the toll booths for the Second Severn Crossing.

[edit] External links

  1. ^ http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r086.html
  2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/94/a4066094.shtml
  3. ^ http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/Railgloschur2.htm
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Newport   Arriva Trains Wales
Cardiff-Gloucester		   Caldicot
Newport   First Great Western
Cardiff-Taunton		   Pilning
Newport   First Great Western
Cardiff-Bristol		   Patchway
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Coordinates: 51.58512° N 2.77790° W

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