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'''Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station''' ({{lang-cy|Parcffordd Glyn Ebwy}}) is the current terminus of the [[Ebbw Valley Railway]] in Wales. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services to and from [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff Central]] commenced after 46 years of being a freight-only line. An northwards extension of the line to a new terminus at [[Ebbw Vale Town railway station|Ebbw Vale Town]] is expected to open in Summer 2015. A direct service to [[Newport railway station|Newport]] is expected to commence in 2018 following double-tracking and re-signalling works between Aberbeeg and [[Crosskeys railway station|Crosskeys]].
'''Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station''' ({{lang-cy|Parcffordd Glyn Ebwy}}) is a station on the [[Ebbw Valley Railway]] in Wales. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services to and from [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff Central]] commenced after 46 years of being a freight-only line. An northwards extension of the line to a new terminus at [[Ebbw Vale Town railway station|Ebbw Vale Town]] opened on 17 May 2015. A direct service to [[Newport railway station|Newport]] is expected to commence in 2018 following double-tracking and re-signalling works between Aberbeeg and [[Crosskeys railway station|Crosskeys]].


The station has been built on a site close to the former Victoria station in the [[Victoria, Blaenau Gwent|Victoria]] area of the [[Ebbw Vale]] conurbation. It consists of a single platform adjacent to Glan Ebbw Terrace, close to the A4046 Station Road.
The station has been built on a site close to the former Victoria station in the [[Victoria, Blaenau Gwent|Victoria]] area of the [[Ebbw Vale]] conurbation. It consists of a single platform adjacent to Glan Ebbw Terrace, close to the A4046 Station Road.
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Revision as of 10:53, 17 May 2015

Ebbw Vale Parkway
General information
Other namesWelsh: Parcffordd Glyn Ebwy
LocationBlaenau Gwent
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byArriva Trains Wales
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeEBV
History
Opened6 February 2008
Original companyNetwork Rail

Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station (Welsh: Parcffordd Glyn Ebwy) is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services to and from Cardiff Central commenced after 46 years of being a freight-only line. An northwards extension of the line to a new terminus at Ebbw Vale Town opened on 17 May 2015. A direct service to Newport is expected to commence in 2018 following double-tracking and re-signalling works between Aberbeeg and Crosskeys.

The station has been built on a site close to the former Victoria station in the Victoria area of the Ebbw Vale conurbation. It consists of a single platform adjacent to Glan Ebbw Terrace, close to the A4046 Station Road.

Today, the current service is one train per hour to Cardiff Central calling at Llanhilleth, Newbridge, Crosskeys, Risca, Rogerstone, Pye Corner and Cardiff Central, departing at 40 minutes past each hour. The journey times to Cardiff is approximately fifty minutes. Occasional services continue beyond Cardiff to Swansea, Bridgend or Maesteg.[1]

Services are usually operated by Class 150 Sprinter units, although Class 142 & Class 143 Pacer units, Class 158 Super Sprinter and Class 175 Coradia units have been cleared to work the line.

There are bus stops adjacent to the station on the A4046. There are bus connections from here to nearby communities such as Cwm, the Garden Festival Shopping site, Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan and Ebbw Vale Town itself.

Demand for travel to and from the station was seriously under-estimated by the promoters of the line's reopening, even though the service provided was to Cardiff only and not to Newport as well, as originally assumed. For example, in 2008/09, usage at the station was forecast to be 50,000, for journeys on the lines to Cardiff and to Newport, but was actually about 250,000, for journeys on the line to Cardiff only. Part of the reason for the demand underforecast was the requirement that no demand from regeneration of the former steelworks area should be assumed.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=12884902121
  2. ^ Steer Davies Gleave (August 2010). "Station Usage and Demand Forecasts for Newly Opened Railway Lines and Stations" (PDF). Department for Transport. pp. 125–126. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Ebbw Vale Town   Arriva Trains Wales
Ebbw Vale Town - Cardiff Central
   Llanhilleth

51°45′24″N 3°11′46″W / 51.7567°N 3.1961°W / 51.7567; -3.1961

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