Llanwern railway station

Llanwern railway station is a former station serving Llanwern on the east side of the city of Newport.

Llanwern
Location	Llanwern, Newport Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1850	Opened
12 September 1960	Closed to passengers
16 April 1961	Closed to all traffic

Gloucester–Newport line
Cross Country Route Gloucester River Severn Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Oakle Street Grange Court Hereford, Ross & Gloucester Rly Westbury-on-Severn Halt Newnham Ruddle Road Halt Forest of Dean Railway Awre for Blakeney Forest of Dean Central Railway Gatcombe Severn Railway Bridge Severn Bridge Sharpness branch line Lydney Junction │ Lydney Lydney Harbour Branch Dean Forest Railway (Severn and Wye Railway) Woolaston Wye Valley Railway Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East Chepstow Railway Bridge over River Wye England Wales Chepstow M48 motorway across Severn Bridge Bristol & South Wales Union Rly Portskewett (1863–1964) ("Portskewett Junction" 1863–1886) Portskewett (1850–1863) South Wales Main Line via Severn Tunnel Sudbrook Tunnel Pumps Caerwent Training Area Caldicot Severn Tunnel Junction M4 motorway Undy Halt Magor Llanwern steelworks Llanwern Uskmouth Power Station Welsh Marches line River Usk Monmouthshire Railway Newport South Wales Main Line

History

It was opened with the South Wales Railway in 1850 and closed to passengers on 12 September 1960 in preparation for the building of Llanwern steelworks. It was closed completely on 16 April 1961.[1]

The Newport City Council unitary development plan and Sewta rail strategy plan for the station to be re-opened at the same time as the main line is re-signalled by 2012.[2] Station reopening was subsequently postponed.

Recent developments

After the closure of the steelworks, and the construction of housing on the site, Llanwern seems likely to be under consideration for some part in a broader Severnside Parkway scheme, to relieve the pressure of commuter traffic and its parking on the village of Rogiet and Severn Tunnel Junction.

Planning permission has been requested in 2019 by Transport for Wales as part of their preliminary plans for a major events stabling line at the site.[3] The line will be used to situate infrastructure close to demand for major occasions such as Millennium Stadium events in Cardiff, but also serve as a line for testing new Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles trains for the South Wales Metro, to be manufactured at the nearby Celtic Springs Business Park factory.[3] The larger scheme, including the railway station and car park, will be submitted in a later application[3]

Preceding station	Future services			Following station
Newport		Transport for Wales South Wales Main Line		Severn Tunnel Junction

See also

• Railway stations in Newport
• South Wales Metro
• Transport for Wales
• Proposed railway stations in Wales

References

1. Western Main Lines: Gloucester to Cardiff. ISBN 978-1-904474-66-1.
2. "Procurement of Llanwern Rail Station" (PDF). Newport City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
3. Griffiths, Niall (10 January 2019). "First steps taken in plans for new railway station near Llanwern steelworks". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 18 September 2019.