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Rogerstone Rogerstone ( cy, Tŷ du, meaning "Black house") is a large village and community (parish) in Newport, Wales. The area is governed by Newport City Council. The village falls within the ancient parish of Bassaleg and historic county of Monmout ...
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Rogerstone railway station ( cy, Tŷ-du) is a station on the
Ebbw Valley Railway The Ebbw Valley Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Cwm Ebwy) is a branch line of the South Wales Main Line in South Wales. Transport for Wales Rail provides an hourly passenger service each way between Ebbw Vale Town and Cardiff Central, and an hourl ...
in the community of
Rogerstone Rogerstone ( cy, Tŷ du, meaning "Black house") is a large village and community (parish) in Newport, Wales. The area is governed by Newport City Council. The village falls within the ancient parish of Bassaleg and historic county of Monmout ...
in Newport, south
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. The station is situated ½ mile north of the original station on the site of former rail sidings. The station is within the ''Afon Village'' housing development. Access to the single-platform station and associated car park is off Lily Way. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway commenced, with trains being operated by Arriva Trains Wales. On 17 May 2015, a new northern terminus was opened at
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. In 2018,
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took over running of the services. On 13 December 2021, a direct service to
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was added, suspended in January 2022 because of staff shortages caused by the
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and reinstated in May 2022.


Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, there are four trains an hour, alternating between and and and services. On Sundays, the hourly Cardiff to Ebbw Vale service runs via Newport. The journey time to Newport is 14 minutes, Cardiff Central is 25 to 30 minutes, and it is around 35 minutes to Ebbw Vale. A subsidised
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bus operated between the station and
Newport city centre Newport city centre is traditionally regarded as the area of Newport, Wales bounded by the west bank of the River Usk, the George Street Bridge, the eastern flank of Stow Hill and the South Wales Main Line. Most of the city centre is containe ...
via Celtic Springs, Cleppa Park,
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and the
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, from the reopening of the Ebbw Valley Railway, but was withdrawn in May 2008 due to low usage. In November 2011, the
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announced that it would be reinstated on a trial basis for a year.


See also

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Railway stations in Newport There have been many railway stations in Newport, due to its importance as a port for the industrial Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire valleys. The only stations in use at the moment are Newport in the city centre and in the Western valley ...


References


External links


Planning Approval Granted for New Railway StationArchive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website
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, 2008) {{Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2008 Railway stations opened by Network Rail DfT Category F2 stations Railway stations in Newport, Wales Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail