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Newport West Central railway station is a proposed 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 city of
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, Wales.


History

The station is proposed in
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 ...
's Rail Strategy to serve the Monmouthshire Bank redevelopment area. The site for the station is on Bideford Road, adjacent to the Harlech Retail Park. Access to the Monmouthshire Bank redevelopment area will be via the original Western Valley Line bridge over the
South Wales Main Line The South Wales Main Line ( cy, Prif Linell De Cymru), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain. ...
. The station received attention from the Welsh Government in 2011 following queries made by South Wales East AM
Jocelyn Davies Jocelyn Davies (born 18 June 1959, Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a Plaid Cymru politician who was a member of the Welsh Assembly (AM), for the South Wales East region from 1999 until 2016. She was Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration ...
, but has in recent years been neglected in favour of station reopenings in the Cardiff area.


Recent developments

Following the decision by First Minister Mark Drakeford in 2019 to reject 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 ...
proposal, up to £1.4bn is available through the Welsh Government's borrowing facility for improving infrastructure in and around the south east Wales M4. Reopenings in Newport have as a result been again debated.


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 Py ...
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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 Transport for Wales (TfW; cy, Trafnidiaeth Cymru; cy, TrC, label=none) is a not-for-profit company owned by the Welsh Government and managed at arms length by its appointed board. TfW oversees the Transport for Wales Group (TfW Group) consi ...
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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 ...


References

Railway stations in Newport, Wales Proposed railway stations in Wales {{Wales-railstation-stub