Magor railway station is a former station serving

Magor, Monmouthshire Magor (; cy, Magwyr) is a large village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, about west of Chepstow and about east of Newport. It lies on the Caldicot Levels beside the Severn Estuary, and is in the community of Magor with Undy. Magor lies clos ...

, east of the city of Newport and west of Caldicot. It was opened as a broad gauge line with the

South Wales Railway The South Wales Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd De Cymru) was a main line railway which opened in stages from 1850, connecting the Great Western Railway from Gloucester to South Wales. It was constructed on the broad gauge. An original aspiration was to ...

in 1850 and closed to passengers in 1964. The line was quadrupled in 1941.

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Magor down freight geograph-2545335-by-Ben-Brooksbank

The

Sewta South East Wales Transport Alliance (Sewta) was a consortium established by the 10 local authorities in South East Wales to promote and develop transport strategies and projects in the region. Founded on 1 April 2003, Sewta worked in close liaiso ...

rail strategy plan and

Monmouthshire County Council Monmouthshire County Council (or simply Monmouthshire Council) ( cy, Cyngor Sir Fynwy) is the governing body for the Monmouthshire principal area – one of the unitary authorities of Wales. The current unitary authority was created in 1996 a ...

plans have considered reopening the station, but the decision has been made to redevelop

Severn Tunnel Junction railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Severn Tunnel Junction station (geograph 6214183).jpg , caption = Severn Tunnel Junction station in July 2019 , borough = Rogiet, Monmou ...

in preference. In July 2013 the Magor Action Group on Rail (MAGOR) was formed to campaign for a station to be re-opened to serve the communities of Magor and Undy. This was despite the earlier

plans to develop Severn Tunnel Junction, as a number of factors have changed since then. The population of Magor and Undy has grown significantly (as has train use), is the largest group of users that currently use

and are within 10–15 minutes walking or cycling distance of the preferred new site.

has agreed to take forward work on a business case. In November 2016, Monmouthshire council made an application to the Department of Transport for £5.2 million towards the opening the station but was not successful. The total cost was expected to be £7 million with the Welsh Government providing the remaining funds. In June 2019, residents of Magor submitted a business case to the Welsh Government to reopen the station as part of the

South Wales Metro The South Wales Metro () is an integrated heavy rail, light rail and bus-based public transport services and systems network in South East Wales around the hub of . The first phase was approved for development in October 2013. Works are current ...

scheme following the cancellation of the

M4 relief road The M4 relief road, also known as M4 Corridor around Newport (M4CaN), was a proposed motorway, south of the city of Newport, South Wales, intended to relieve traffic congestion on the M4 motorway. Originally proposed by the Welsh Office ...

. The proposal involves a 'walkway' station which would not provide car parking, instead focussing on active travel and walkability for the village's 6,000 residents.

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Magor Action Group on Rail
Disused railway stations in Monmouthshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Former Great Western Railway stations Beeching closures in Wales Proposed railway stations in Wales {{Wales-railstation-stub

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