Ebbw Vale bus station | |
Name Lang: | en |
Native Name: | Gorsaf bws Glyn Ebwy |
Native Name Lang: | cy |
Type: | Bus station |
Address: | Inner Bypass Ebbw Vale NP23 6HL |
Borough: | Blaenau Gwent |
Country: | Wales |
Coordinates: | 51.7799°N -3.2068°W |
Owned: | Blaenau Gwent Council |
Operator: | Blaenau Gwent Council |
Bus Routes: | 8 |
Bus Stands: | 6 |
Bus Operators: | Stagecoach in South Wales Phil Anslow Travel |
Connections: | Ebbw Vale Town railway station |
Structure: | Shelter |
Parking: | None |
Bicycle: | Racks |
Accessible: | Level boarding |
Code: | blgapmt |
Website: | traveline.info stagecoachbus.com |
Ebbw Vale bus station (Welsh: '''Gorsaf bws Glyn Ebwy'''), also known as Inner Bypass,[1] is a bus terminus located in the town centre of Ebbw Vale, South Wales.
Ebbw Vale is a town at the head of the Ebbw Valley, 2.5miles from the south of the Brecon Beacons National Park.[2] As such the town is the northern terminus of services through the valley towards Cardiff, Caerphilly, and Cwmbran, as well as having services to Tredegar and Abergavenny.[3]
The bus interchange is approximately 0.279miles from the recently opened Ebbw Vale Town railway station which provides services to Cardiff Central railway station, and in 2021 to Newport railway station.[4]
In 2019 residents in the nearby area complained at cuts to bus services by operator Stagecoach South Wales which had left them "like prisoners in their own village". The town of Cwm has been reduced to one bus each hour on weekdays, and no services on Sunday. The town's evening services are already subsidised by Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council who state they are unable to further subsidise services to towns on the route.
The sits on an island in the centre of the A4046 through the town, and faces the line of retail businesses along the road. As such it is referred to on maps as "Inner Bypass" station.[5]
The station has six bus stands, identified as numbers 1-5.
Ebbw Vale is the terminus for a number of Stagecoach services, and serves as an interchange for travellers headed to Tredegar and Abergavenny.
Stagecoach South Wales | E2 | Ebbw Vale | Stop 1 | Mountain Air Gate | 9 minutes | Every 20 minutes | |
Stagecoach South Wales | E2 | Mountain Air Gate | Stop 6 | Ebbw Vale | 9 minutes | Every 20 minutes | |
Stagecoach South Wales | E3 | Ebbw Vale | Stop 2 | Brynmawr via Cwm | 63 minutes | Hourly | |
Stagecoach South Wales | E3 | Brynmawr | Stop 2 | Ebbw Vale via Cwm | 63 minutes | Hourly | |
Stagecoach South Wales | E4 | Ebbw Vale | Stop 5 | Garn Lydan | 14 minutes | Every 30 minutes | |
Stagecoach South Wales | E4 | Garn Lydan | Stop 2 | Ebbw Vale | 15 minutes | Every 30 minutes | |
Stagecoach South Wales | X4 | Ebbw Vale | Stop 6 | Cardiff via Tredegar and Ashvale | 97 minutes | Every 30 minutes | |
Stagecoach South Wales | X4 | Cardiff via Tredegar and Ashvale | Stop 3 | Ebbw Vale | 96 minutes | Every 30 minutes | |
Phil Anslow Coaches | E11 | Ebbw Vale | Stop 3 | Tredegar | 25 minutes | Hourly | |
Phil Anslow Coaches | E11 | Tredegar | Stop 3 | Ebbw Vale | 25 minutes | Hourly | |
Stagecoach South Wales | X4 | Abergavenny | Stop 3 | Ebbw Vale via Brynmawr | 72 minutes | Every 2 hours | |
Stagecoach South Wales | X4 | Ebbw Vale | Stop 3 | Abergavenny via Brynmawr | 72 minutes | Every 2 hours | |
Stagecoach South Wales | 97 | Peacehaven Court, Tredegar | Stop 4 | Ebbw Vale | 15 minutes | Two daily | |
Stagecoach South Wales | 97 | Ebbw Vale | Stop 2 | Peacehaven Court, Tredegar | 15 minutes | Two daily |
Ebbw Vale Town railway station provides rail transport to destinations on the Ebbw Valley railway line, which include Cardiff Central, Newport (from 2021), and infrequent services to Bridgend.
The station is an eight-minute walk from the bus station. The town has a large number of car parking facilities near to the station.