Cardiff Parkway () is a planned railway station in the eastern region of
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
, and near to the boundary with the neighbouring city of
Newport. The station is privately funded as part of the wider Cardiff Hendre Lakes business development.
Origins
Cardiff Parkway Developments Ltd had applied for a station as part of the New Stations Fund 2, but it was unsuccessful. The station is to serve a new business park and would fit in with the proposed
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 ...
. The new station is to be located south of the existing St Mellons Business Park in Cardiff, with the location of the station between
Newport Road and
Newport stations.
On 13 July 2017, it was announced that the station would be privately built rather than public and would not need the same system of approval than if it was publicly built.
On 19 July 2017, it was announced the station had received funding of £30 million and was due to open in February 2020. The station is expected to cost around £120m and aims to secure 8 services an hour to Cardiff and Newport, as well as mainline services to other parts of the UK, including London and Bristol.
The plans are to skew the two relief lines to the south to allow an island platform to be built in the middle of the four tracks, plus platforms on either side.
If Cardiff Parkway opens it will be the first station on the main line between Cardiff and Newport since
Marshfield Station
Marshfield was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L"'s Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad. It was the western terminus of the Metropolitan's main line, after which it branched into three branches; the northwestern Logan Square bra ...
closed in 1959.
Construction
The station while first proposed in 2012 saw significant plans developed in the mid 2010s. In January 2019, it was announced that the station would open in 2022 with construction starting in 2020.
In November 2019, a four-week period of public engagement into the project was launched. Completion of the station has been pushed back to 2023, subject to a planning application due in 2020. In August 2020, a report suggested construction would start the following year, and the station would open in 2024.
In December 2021 a revised timetable was published where planning permission will be sought in February 2022 with a view to construction enabling a 2024 opening.
See also
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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 ...
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Transport for Wales
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Proposed railway stations in Wales
Below is a contemporary list of all major proposed railway stations in Wales.
Only stations which have been proposed by Transport for Wales and/or Network Rail, or which are state approved but private funded proposals (such as Cardiff Parkway) a ...
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Transport in Cardiff
Transport in Cardiff, capital and most populous city in Wales involves road, rail, bus, water and air. It is a major city of the United Kingdom and a centre of employment, government, retail, business, culture, media, sport and higher education. ...
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Proposed railway stations in Wales
Parkway
Railway stations scheduled to open in 2024
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