Llanwern railway station

Llanwern
Location
Place Llanwern
Area Newport
Operations
Original company South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1850 Opened
12 September 1960 Closed to passengers
16 April 1961 Closed to all traffic
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Llanwern railway station is a former station serving Llanwern on the east side of the city of Newport. 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.

After the run-down of the steelworks and the building of housing on the site, the future of Llanwern seems likely to be busy and the station is also 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Western Main Lines: Gloucester to Cardiff. ISBN 978-1-904474-66-1.
  2. ↑ "Procurement of Llanwern Rail Station" (PDF). Newport City Council. Retrieved 2008-03-04.

Coordinates: 51°34′54″N 2°55′01″W / 51.58175°N 2.916967°W / 51.58175; -2.916967


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