Newbridge railway station (Wales)

Newbridge Welsh: Trecelyn
Newbridge railway station in April 2023
General information
Location	Newbridge, Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51°39′56.91″N3°8′34.13″W / 51.6658083°N 3.1428139°W / 51.6658083; -3.1428139
Grid reference	ST210969
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NBE
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
23 December 1850 (1850-12-23)	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed to passengers
7 April 1969	Closed to goods
6 February 2008	Reopened
Passengers
2020/21	36,694
Crumlin Low Level Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Celynen South Halt Line open, station closed

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 168.
2. Quick 2009, p. 288.
3. Clinker 1988, p. 100.
4. "Passengers look forward to more frequent trains as multi-million-pound upgrade of Ebbw Vale railway line is completed on time". Network Rail Media Centre.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Clinker, C. R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN   978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC   655703233.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.

External links

• Train times and station information for Newbridge railway station (Wales) from National Rail
• Planning Approval Granted for New Railway Station
• Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)