Newport railway station
General information | |
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Location | Newport, Wales Wales |
Coordinates | 51°35′20″N 3°00′01″W / 51.5888°N 3.0004°W |
Grid reference | ST 307 882 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Station code | NWP |
Classification | DfT category B |
Key dates | |
18 June 1850 | Opened |
1880 | Enlarged |
1928 | Enlarged |
2010 | Enlarged |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 2.745 million |
Interchange | 0.560 million |
2019/20 | 2.717 million |
Interchange | 0.486 million |
2020/21 | 0.543 million |
Interchange | 77,882 |
2021/22 | 1.754 million |
Interchange | 0.300 million |
2022/23 | 2.340 million |
Interchange | 0.478 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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Newport (
The station was originally opened in 1850 by the South Wales Railway Company and was greatly expanded in 1928. A new station building was built in 2010, with four full size platforms to facilitate new Great Western Railway 10-car Intercity Express Programme trains.
The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Transport for Wales Rail.[3] The main station entrance is located on Queensway, connected by Station Approach to the High Street; there is a further entrance adjoined to the National Car Parks site at its rear, reached from Devon Place.
Services
As at February 2019, the station is a calling point for GWR (who provide most of the services), as well as Transport for Wales Rail and CrossCountry.
In December 2022, the ORR approved Grand Union to commence a new service from Paddington to Carmarthen in partnership with Spanish rail operator Renfe, for which a fleet of new bi-mode trains will be used. The new service is scheduled to commence in December 2024.[4] The service will call at Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport, Cardiff Central, Gowerton and Llanelli en-route to Carmarthen.[5]
Transport for Wales Rail
- 1 train per hour (tph) to Manchester Piccadilly via Hereford, Shrewsbury and Crewe. These services are from Carmarthen, Milford Haven or Cardiff Central, operated by Class 197 Civity units and Class 67 locomotives with Mark 4carriages.
- 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly. These services are operated by Class 197 Civity units.
- 1tp2h to Bangor. These services are operated by Class 197 Civity units, except for one daily service formed of a Class 67 locomotive with Mark 4carriages.
- 1tph to Manchester. These services are operated by Class 197 Civity units and Class 67 locomotives with Mark 4carriages.
- 1tph to Cheltenham Spa via Severn Tunnel Junction and Gloucester, usually starting from Maesteg but sometimes Cardiff Central. operated by Class 150 Sprinter units, Class 153 Super Sprinter units and Class 158 Express Sprinter units.[6]
- 1tph to Maesteg via Cardiff Central and Bridgend. These services originate from Cheltenham Spa. These are operated by Class 150 Sprinter units, Class 153 Super Sprinter units and Class 158 Express Sprinter units.
- 1tph to Ebbw Vale Town via the Ebbw Valley Railway, operated by Class 150 Sprinter units and Class 153 Super Sprinter units.
In October 2008 the Welsh Government announced the launch of a new faster services between Cardiff and North Wales. The service was first operated by
After securing the Wales & Borders franchise in 2018, Transport for Wales announced that services will reopen between Newport and Ebbw Vale by 2021.[8] On 12 December 2021 the service began to Crosskeys, with the full service to Ebbw Vale dependent on more track redoubling.
CrossCountry
- 1tph to Nottingham via Gloucester, Cheltenham Spa, Birmingham New Street and Derby. These services are from Cardiff Central, operated by Class 170 Turbostar units.[9]
- 1tph to Nottingham or Birmingham New Street.
Great Western Railway
- 2tph to London Paddington via Bristol Parkway, Swindon, Didcot Parkway and Reading. These services are from Cardiff Central, Swansea or Carmarthen, operated by Class 800s and Class 802s, as well as one daily Class 387, which is the only entirely electric-powered stock to serve the station.
- 1tph to
- 3tph to London Paddington, Portsmouth Harbour or Taunton. Some Taunton services start back from Plymouth or Penzance. Trains from London and Taunton are operated by Class 800s and Class 802s, and trains from Portsmouth are operated by Class 158s, Class 165s and Class 166s.
- 1tph to Portsmouth Harbour via Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Westbury, Salisbury, Southampton Central, Fareham, Cosham, Fratton and Portsmouth & Southsea. These services are from Cardiff Central, operated by Class 158s, Class 165s and Class 166s.
- 1tph to Taunton via Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare. Approximately every two hours, services continue onto Plymouth and Penzance via Exeter St. David's. These services are from Cardiff Central, operated by Class 800s and Class 802s, plus limited Class 158s on Sundays.[11]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Cardiff Central | Maesteg / Cardiff Central - Cheltenham Spa
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Severn Tunnel Junction | ||
Milford Haven/Carmarthen - Manchester Piccadilly
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Cwmbran | |||
Cardiff - Holyhead
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Pye Corner | Transport for Wales Ebbw Vale Town - Newport |
Terminus | ||
Cardiff Central | Cardiff Central - Nottingham
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Terminus | ||
Terminus | ||||
Cardiff Central | Great Western Railway Cardiff Central / Swansea - London Paddington |
Bristol Parkway | ||
Cardiff Central - Taunton
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Severn Tunnel Junction | |||
Great Western Railway Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour |
Filton Abbey Wood | |||
Future services | ||||
Cardiff Central | Grand Union London - Carmarthen |
Severn Tunnel Junction | ||
Cardiff East | Transport for Wales Maesteg / Cardiff Central - Cheltenham Spa |
Somerton | ||
Cardiff East | TBC Cardiff - Bristol stopping service |
Somerton |
History
The current station layout consists of four through-platforms numbered 1 to 4 from the south side. The original
April 1961 saw the introduction of colour Multiple-Aspect Signalling and associated modifications to the station layout. The north face of the island platform became the new up platform, with the south face becoming the new down. The platforms were also renumbered in the opposite direction to match the new line designations — No. 8 became No. 1, Nos. 6/7 became 2, Nos. 4/5 became No. 5 and Nos. 1/2 became No. 6. Lines 3 and 4 became the designations for the through non-platform lines. Subsequent removal of the scissors crossovers saw a further combination and renumbering of platforms to the current layout.
Name
Originally named Newport High Street, the suffix High Street became unnecessary on the closure of
Accidents and incidents
- On 19 August 1938, a passenger train was sent into a siding due to a signalman's error. It crashed through the buffers but the locomotive stopped short of falling into the River Usk.[15]
Facilities
Platform 1 is only mainly used for westbound services to
A
2007 development
The
2009 development
Planned to enable the station to cope with passenger traffic associated with the 2010 Ryder Cup, a second passenger bridge was built linking the whole station with a lift for all platforms. Network Rail claimed accessibility and safety are at the heart of the new design.
The new bridge is clad in
The development was criticised by
Arriva Trains Wales had expressed concern about a leaking roof, an inadequate customer service area and insufficient ticket gates.[18] Network Rail said the roof was fixed in mid-May 2011, but issues had resumed in 2013.[23] Transport for Wales acquired the management of the station in 2018 and are replacing station infrastructure across the network.[8]
Subsequent developments
The whole Newport area was re-signalled from 2009 to 2012, providing speed improvements on the relief lines.
The
In September 2018, plans were submitted to Newport City Council for a new footbridge between Devon Place and Queensway, to replace the subway used since the closure of the previous footbridge.[27] The bridge opened in April 2023. [28]
The South East Wales Transport Alliance (SEWTA) have proposed an additional service (one in every two hours) to Abergavenny with a re-opened station in Caerleon, two trains per hour between Cwmbran and Abergavenny, and an hourly service to Pontypool and New Inn, subject to line enhancements in Abergavenny.
Transport for Wales have included some of these proposals in their plans for the later stages of their South Wales Metro scheme.[8]
Media
in 2020, the Rail Delivery Group nominated Newport as one of the Welsh stations as a contender for the World Cup of Stations. However, it did not pass the group stages.[29]
See also
- Railway stations in Newport
- Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
- Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
- List of railway stations in Wales
References
- ^ "BRouter.net".
- ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Newport (South Wales)".
- ^ "Trains: Plans for new London-west Wales services approved". BBC News. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ ORR approves Grand Union London - Carmarthern trains Rail issue 972 14 December 2022 page 17
- ^ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 128 (Network Rail)
- SEWTA. Archived from the originalon 7 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b c "What's Happening in South East Wales | Transport for Wales". tfw.gov.wales. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 51 (Network Rail)
- ^ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 125 (Network Rail)
- ^ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 134 (Network Rail)
- ^ "A Summary of the Early History of Newport". Bob Trett, newportpast.com. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
- ^ Railway Magazine, July 1960
- ^ "Newport Unlimited Minutes of the Meeting of the Board held on 22 November 2007". Newport Unlimited. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ISBN 0-906899-50-8.
- ^ Taxis used between rail platforms BBC News - 17 August 2007
- ^ "Newport Unlimited Annual Review 2005-06". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b Clark, Rhodri (July 2011). "Newport station roof leaks". Modern Railways. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 12.
- ^ "Station revamp ahead of Ryder Cup". BBC News. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- ^ "Lasting benefits from £22m newport station upgrade". Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- Bauer Media: 51.
- ^ "Carbuncle Cup 2011: MediaCity UK is crowned Britain's ugliest building". The Guardian. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Newport £22m railway station futuristic roof 'leaking'". BBC News. 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Great Western electrification and IEP to go ahead". Railnews.co.uk. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Newport railway station footbridge set to be removed South Wales Argus 18 March 2017
- ^ a b "South Wales electrification". Network Rail. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Plans for 'attractive' footbridge to replace city subway move step closer". South Wales Argus. 12 September 2018.
- ^ https://www.newport.gov.uk/en/Council-Democracy/News/articles/2023/April-2023/New-railway-station-bridge-opened-to-the-public.aspx
- ^ "Back by popular demand! The World Cup of Stations tournament".
- South Wales Main Line - Newport ISBN 1-874103-76-3
External links
- Newport (South Wales) station, Transport for Wales
- Newport Station (TFW) car park, National Car Parks