Severn Tunnel Junction railway station
General information | |
---|---|
Location | Rogiet, Monmouthshire Wales |
Coordinates | 51°35′03″N 2°46′38″W / 51.5842°N 2.7771°W |
Grid reference | ST462875 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Station code | STJ |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 December 1886 | Station opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.229 million |
2019/20 | 0.244 million |
Interchange | 37,215 |
2020/21 | 34,882 |
Interchange | 6,024 |
2021/22 | 0.117 million |
Interchange | 19,906 |
2022/23 | 0.166 million |
Interchange | 28,689 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Severn Tunnel Junction railway station (
The next station to the west is Newport. The next stations to the east are at Pilning in South Gloucestershire (through the Severn Tunnel) and nearby Caldicot (on the Gloucester line).
History
The South Wales Main Line was opened through the village of Rogiet in 1850. At this time Rogiet was little more than a church and a farm, and the expansion of the village did not begin until after the opening of the station in 1886.
During construction of the Severn Tunnel, several maps were printed that labelled the new junction as Rogiet Station,[1][2][3] although the station was always named Severn Tunnel Junction from the time that it opened to the public on 1 December 1886.[1][4][5]
The junction system consisted of a five-platform station (four through, and an up facing bay), a railway depot, and
The area was bombed during World War II, due to the large goods yard facility, its location on strategic rail routes and its proximity to other target areas such as Bristol and Cardiff.[6] From 1924 to 1966 Severn Tunnel Junction was the terminus of a car transport service through the tunnel to Pilning. The service was made redundant by the opening of the Severn Bridge in 1966.[7]
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 railway station.[8]
From 2010,
Electrification
As with other parts of the South Wales Main Line, the road bridge and footbridge were replaced, with additional clearance above the overhead lines, and with raised and solid parapets to the bridges to prevent vandalism of the equipment. Class 800/802 stock now operates through the station, although no electric services are scheduled to stop here.
Services
The station is served by two main routes -
On Sundays, the Bristol to Cardiff service is once again hourly (and runs to/from Portsmouth) whist the Cheltenham service is two-hourly.[10]
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.[11] The service will call at Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport, Cardiff Central, Gowerton and Llanelli en-route to Carmarthen, and will provide Severn Tunnel Junction with direct trains to London, which currently do not call.[12]
Severn Tunnel Junction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gloucester–Newport line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Newport | Maesteg / Cardiff Central - Cheltenham Spa
|
Caldicot | ||
Newport | Cardiff Central - Nottingham (Mondays to Saturdays only, limited service) |
Caldicot | ||
Great Western Railway Cardiff Central - Taunton (Mondays to Saturdays only) |
Patchway or Pilning | |||
Future services | ||||
Newport | Grand Union London - Carmarthen |
Bristol Parkway |
Marshalling yard
Location | |
---|---|
Location | Diesel |
History | |
Closed | 1987[14] |
Former depot code | 86E (1 February 1950 - 5 May 1973) |
Severn Tunnel Junction Yard was a major marshalling yard for the Great Western Railway in South Wales and the largest on the railway. It was built initially to support domestic coal traffic from the
In its heyday, the engine shed employed large numbers of railwaymen, which in turn encouraged the growth of the adjoining village of Rogiet. The first estate houses in Rogiet were owned by the railway and were only rented to railwaymen.
Engine sheds
To support the marshalling yard, the junction and the need for
From 1955 to 1974, Class 08 shunters, British Rail Class 14 and 37 locomotives could be seen at the depot.[15]
The steam sheds, their turntable, coaling stage and water tower were demolished in the 1960s. The land remains empty and derelict although it was used as a storage depot for new cars during the 1970s, and more recently as a works yard during the electrification of the South Wales main line.
The goods yards were located on both sides of the running lines, one for each direction, and used
See also
References
- ^ a b Walker (1888), pp. 16–17 (railway map).
- ^ The Severn Tunnel Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Severn Tunnel
- ^ Walker (1888), p. 155.
- ^ Hodge, South Wales Main Line, 2, p. 35:
With the opening of the [South Wales] line in June 1850, intermediate stations to the west of Portskewett [as far as the Usk at Newport] were initially provided at Magor and Llanwern.
- ^ BBC - WW2 People's War - Dennis Harper's Story
- Nock, O.S.(1967). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. III. p. 42.
- ^ Railways in Gloucester and Churchdown - after 1845
- ^ "Network Rail - Wales Route Utilisation Strategy Draft for Consultation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
- ^ Table 57 & 132 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ "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
- ^ "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Railways in Gloucester and Churchdown. The Years After 1845". Gloucester Transport History. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Locomotive Depots: Severn Tunnel Junction (Allocation)". BRDatabase. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- Hodge, John (2002). The South Wales Main Line. Vol. Part Two: Severn Tunnel to Newport. Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1-874103-76-3.
- Rhodes, Michael (1988). "4: South Wales: Severn Tunnel Junction". British Marshalling Yards. ISBN 0-86093-367-9.
- ISBN 1-84588-000-5.
- ISBN 978-1785007378.
- Rhodes, Michael (1988). The illustrated history of British Marshalling Yards. OPC. ISBN 0860933679.
External links
- Train times for Severn Tunnel Junction from National Rail
- Map and aerial photos of Severn Tunnel Junction
- Historic pictures of Severn Tunnel Junction