Newport West Central railway station explained

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

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEWTA's evidence to the Assembly rail infrastructure inquiry. https://web.archive.org/web/20100307022241/http://www.sewta.gov.uk/PDF/RailEnquiry.pdf. 7 March 2010. SEWTA. 2010-01-16.
  2. Web site: Newport Regeneration Programme August 2008 . Newport Unlimited . 2010-01-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121012906/http://www.newportunlimited.co.uk/10884.file.dld . 21 November 2008 .
  3. Web site: Draft Planning Framework SPG - Monmouthshire Bank Sidings/Whitehead Works. Newport City Council. 2010-01-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110608214858/http://www.newport.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/xcpproj/cont429426.pdf. 8 June 2011. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Reopen Maesglas rail halt says AM. 22 June 2011. South Wales Argus. 18 September 2019.
  5. Web site: M4 relief road plan 'to be rejected by First Minister'. Shipton. Martin. 2019-06-03. walesonline. 2019-09-18.
  6. News: What could you spend £1.4bn on?. Davies. Daniel. 2019-06-02. 2019-09-18. en-GB.
  7. News: 'Walkway' rail station plan for Magor. 2019-06-18. 2019-09-18. en-GB.

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