Newport West Central railway station

Newport West Central railway station is a proposed station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in the city of Newport, Wales.

Newport West Central
LocationMaesglas, Newport
Wales
Grid referenceST300863

History

The station is proposed in SEWTA's Rail Strategy[1] to serve the Monmouthshire Bank redevelopment area.[2] The site for the station is on Bideford Road, adjacent to the Harlech Retail Park.[3] Access to the Monmouthshire Bank redevelopment area will be via the original Western Valley Line bridge over the South Wales Main Line.

The station received attention from the Welsh Government in 2011 following queries made by South Wales East AM Jocelyn Davies,[4] but has in recent years been neglected in favour of station reopenings in the Cardiff area.

Recent developments
See also: Proposed railway stations in Wales

Following the decision by First Minister Mark Drakeford in 2019 to reject the M4 relief road proposal,[5] up to £1.4bn is available through the Welsh Government's borrowing facility[6] for improving infrastructure in and around the south east Wales M4. Reopenings in Newport have as a result been again debated.[7]

Preceding station Future services Following station
Cardiff Central   Transport for Wales
South Wales Main Line
   Newport

See also

References
  1. "SEWTA's evidence to the Assembly rail infrastructure inquiry" (PDF). SEWTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  2. "Newport Regeneration Programme August 2008". Newport Unlimited. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  3. "Draft Planning Framework SPG - Monmouthshire Bank Sidings/Whitehead Works" (PDF). Newport City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  4. "Reopen Maesglas rail halt says AM". South Wales Argus. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. Shipton, Martin (3 June 2019). "M4 relief road plan 'to be rejected by First Minister'". walesonline. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. Davies, Daniel (2 June 2019). "What could you spend £1.4bn on?". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. "'Walkway' rail station plan for Magor". 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.


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