List of proposed railway stations in Wales explained

Below is a contemporary list of all major proposed railway stations in Wales.

Only stations which have been proposed by Transport for Wales and/or Network Rail, or which are state approved but private funded proposals (such as Cardiff Parkway) are shown.

List of proposed railway stations

South East Wales

See also: South Wales Metro.

Cardiff area

• Butetown railway station - Spring 2024^[1]
• Cardiff Parkway railway station - by 2024 ^[2]
• Crwys Road railway station - 2024^[3]
• Cardiff East railway station - 2025
• Ely Mill railway station - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)^[4]
• Gabalfa railway station - by 2028
• Treforest Estate railway station relocation - by December 2025^[5]

Newport area

See also: M4 relief proposals.

• Llanwern railway station - date to be confirmed^[6]
• Magor & Undy railway station - proposed reopening of the station that closed in 1964, date to be confirmed^[7]
• Somerton - date to be confirmed
• Newport West railway station - date to be confirmed

South West Wales

See also: Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro.

Carmarthenshire area

• St Clears railway station (Carmarthenshire) – proposed reopening of the station that closed in 1964. On the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)

Swansea area

• West Wales Parkway railway station (Swansea) - proposed, date to be confirmed^[8]

Mid Wales

Powys area

• Carno railway station (Powys) - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)

North Wales

See also: North Wales Metro.

Flintshire area

• Broughton railway station, Flintshire - on the 2021 Metro Development Plan by Transport for Wales^[9] and Future developments plan^[10] for the North Wales Metro
• Greenfield railway station, Flintshire (on site of former Holywell Junction railway station) - on the 2021 Metro Development Plan and Future developments plan for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
• Northern Gateway railway station or Deeside Parkway railway station (Deeside) - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)

Wrexham area

• Wrexham North railway station - on 2021 Metro Development Plan and Future developments plan for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
• Wrexham South railway station - on 2021 Metro Development Plan and Future developments plan for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales

Proposed reopening of Anglesey Central Railway line

Central Anglesey area

• Amlwch railway station - part of the Future developments plan for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
• Gaerwen railway station - part of the Future developments plan for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
• Llangefni railway station - part of a April 2019 New Rail Stations Prioritisation – Stage 2 Assessment Report, by the Welsh Government, likely part of any reopening of ACR.^[11]

See also

• List of proposed railway stations in England
• List of proposed railway stations in Scotland
• South Wales Metro
• North Wales Metro

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cardiff Bay: Work to start on Butetown railway station . 15 August 2022 . BBC News.
2. Web site: 6 April 2022 . Cardiff Parkway: New railway station plans approved . BBC News . en.
3. Web site: The new train station being built in the middle of one of Cardiff's busiest neighbourhoods. John Jones. Wales Online. 20 April 2023. 27 April 2023.
4. News: New railway station plans on track. 2017-04-27. 2019-09-18. en-GB.
5. Web site: What's Happening in South East Wales. Transport for Wales. 2019-09-18.
6. Web site: First steps taken in plans for new railway station near Llanwern steelworks. Griffiths. Niall. 10 January 2019. South Wales Argus. 18 September 2019.
7. Web site: South Wales Metro: Future developments Transport for Wales. 2021-10-22. tfw.wales. en.
8. Web site: Plans for new railway station and £58m upgrade to Cardiff Central. Youle. Richard. 2019-07-21. walesonline. 2019-09-18.
9. Book: TfW Metro Development 2021 - How we're developing Metro (March 2021).. March 2021. Transport for Wales. 2021. tfw.wales. 4, 7–8.
10. Web site: North Wales Metro: Future developments Transport for Wales. 2021-12-15. tfw.wales. en.
11. Book: New Rail Stations Prioritisation – Stage 2 Assessment Report, April 2019. Welsh Government. 2019. gov.wales.