Newbridge railway station, Caerphilly

Newbridge
Welsh: Trecelyn
150213 and 150229 at Newbridge on the first weekend after reopening
Location
Place	Newbridge
Local authority	Caerphilly
Grid reference	ST210969
Operations
Station code	NBE
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Owned by	Network Rail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2007/08	20,573
2008/09	0.115 million
2009/10	0.120 million
2010/11	0.132 million
2011/12	0.131 million
2012/13	0.134 million
2013/14	0.134 million
History
23 December 1850 (1850-12-23)	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed to passengers
7 April 1969	Closed to goods
6 February 2008	Reopened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newbridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Newbridge railway station (Welsh: Trecelyn) is on the Ebbw Valley Railway and serves the towns of Newbridge and Blackwood in south east Wales.

History

The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station commenced.^[1] Plans include an hourly service to Newport.

The station is on the site of the former station and coal yard in the town centre opposite the Co-op food store and existing council car park. The single-platform station and car park is off a signalised junction on Bridge Street. The original station was opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company on 23 December 1850, which closed to passengers on 30 April 1962 and to goods on 7 April 1969.^[2][1][3]

An hourly service operates in both directions on weekdays and Saturdays with a two-hourly Sunday service.

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.

References

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 0-905466-91-8. OCLC 655703233. 

• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978 0 901461 57 5. OCLC 612226077. 

External links

• Train times and station information for Newbridge railway station, Caerphilly from National Rail
• Planning Approval Granted for New Railway Station
• Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llanhilleth		Arriva Trains Wales Cardiff Central - Ebbw Vale Parkway		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

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Coordinates: 51°39′56.91″N 3°8′34.13″W / 51.6658083°N 3.1428139°W / 51.6658083; -3.1428139