Ebbw Vale Town railway station
General information | |
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Location | Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent Wales |
Coordinates | 51°46′34″N 3°12′07″W / 51.776°N 3.202°W |
Grid reference | SO168099 |
Owned by | Network Rail |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Station code | EBB |
Key dates | |
17 May 2015 | Opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.244 million |
2019/20 | 0.227 million |
2020/21 | 47,324 |
2021/22 | 0.148 million |
2022/23 | 0.200 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Ebbw Vale Town railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf rheilffordd Tref Glyn Ebwy) serves the town centre of Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, serving as the terminus of the Ebbw Valley Railway.
History
The origins of the
Development
In the 2008 Network Rail Route Utilisation Strategy, the link between Ebbw Vale and Newport was identified for implementation in the period 2009–2018. In May 2013, the Welsh Government announced that the Ebbw Vale line would be extended from the existing terminus at Ebbw Vale Parkway to the new station at Ebbw Vale Town. A total of £11.5 million was agreed to fund the station, line extension and associated landscaping for the surrounding area. Two weeks later, funding was also agreed for Pye Corner railway station, also along the line.[9][10]
Opening
The Ebbw Vale Town Station extension opened 17 May 2015.[11] There is an hourly service, Monday – Saturday, to Cardiff Central, and an approximately two-hourly service via Newport on Sundays.[12]
Stage two
Under the proposals of stage two of the project, a half-hourly service would be introduced, and a two-platform station would be built as the northern terminus of the line, close to the old British Steel General Office Site part of "the Works" development. This can only be enabled through additional passing loops and track infrastructure being provisioned by 2018 in the Newport and Crosskeys to Llanhilleth area.[13] Funding for the project will mainly come from the Welsh Government, and many other stakeholders.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Transport for Wales Ebbw Vale Town - Cardiff Central |
Ebbw Vale Parkway |
Bus station
The station is an eight-minute walk from the Ebbw Vale bus station (also known as Inner Bypass), which is the terminus for a number of Stagecoach South Wales services to Cardiff, Abergavenny, Brynmawr, Tredegar, and other nearby villages.
Notes
- ^ Page (1988), p. 167.
- ^ a b Byles (1982), p. 32.
- ^ a b c d Quick (2009), p. 161.
- ^ a b c d Butt (1995), p. 88.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith (2006), fig. 115.
- ^ Hurst (1992), p. 19, note 0936.
- ^ Clinker (1988), p. 43.
- ^ Hurst (1992), p. 61, note 2706.
- ^ "£11.5m for train station in Ebbw Vale town centre". South Wales Argus. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- SEWTA. 17 May 2013. Archived from the originalon 7 August 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ BBC News – First train to arrive at new station in Ebbw Vale. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015
- ^ "Search & Buy Train Tickets with Arriva Trains Wales for travel in Wales and UK".
- ^ Thomas, Carys (24 August 2014). "Blaenau Gwent rail improvements by 2016". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
References
- OL 11956311M.
- Byles, Aubrey (1982). The History of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company. Cwmbran: Village Publishing. ISBN 0-946043-00-0.
- 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. OCLC 655703233.
- Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (August 2006). Abertillery and Ebbw Vale Lines. Welsh Valleys. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-9044-7484-5.
- Page, James (1988) [1979]. South Wales. Forgotten Railways. Vol. 8. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-44-5.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: OCLC 612226077.
External links
- Train times and station information for Ebbw Vale Town railway station from National Rail