Severn Tunnel Junction railway station

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Coordinates: 51°35′03″N 2°46′38″W / 51.5842, -2.7771

Severn Tunnel Junction
Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren
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 Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.118 million
2005/06 *	0.119 million
History
1850 c. 1886	Opened as Rogiet Renamed Severn Tunnel Junction
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Severn Tunnel Junction from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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).

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[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 heavily bombed during World War II, due to the large goods yard facility.^[2]

As a result of reduced coal and industrial production from the mid-1980s 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 High Street railway station.^[3] After the tracks were lifted in the early 1990s, part of the site of the former goods yard was used for the toll booths for the Second Severn Crossing.

Severn Tunnel Junction
Legend South Wales Main Line to Cardiff Severn Tunnel Junction Caldicot South Wales Main Line towards Bristol (in tunnel) freight line Newport to Gloucester line

[edit] Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newport		Arriva Trains Wales Maesteg - Cardiff - Cheltenham		Caldicot
Newport		CrossCountry Cardiff Central - Newcastle (Limited Service)		Patchway
		First Great Western Cardiff - Taunton

[edit] See also

• First Great Western
• List of all UK railway stations

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Monmouthshire Railway Society
• Train times for Severn Tunnel Junction from National Rail
• Map and aerial photos of Severn Tunnel Junction
• Historic pictures of Severn Tunnel Junction

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