Newport railway station

Newport

Welsh: Casnewydd
National Rail
Newport railway station looking eastbound.
General information
LocationNewport, Wales
Wales
Coordinates51°35′20″N 3°00′01″W / 51.5888°N 3.0004°W / 51.5888; -3.0004
Grid referenceST 307 882
Managed byTransport for Wales Rail
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeNWP
ClassificationDfT category B
Key dates
18 June 1850Opened
1880Enlarged
1928Enlarged
2010Enlarged
Passengers
2018/19Increase 2.745 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.560 million
2019/20Decrease 2.717 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.486 million
2020/21Decrease 0.543 million
 Interchange Decrease 77,882
2021/22Increase 1.754 million
 Interchange Increase 0.300 million
2022/23Increase 2.340 million
 Interchange Increase 0.478 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Newport (Welsh: Gorsaf Rheilffordd Casnewydd) is the second-busiest railway station in Wales (after Cardiff Central). It is situated in Newport city centre and is 133 miles 13 chains (214.3 km) from London Paddington measured via Bristol Parkway,[1] and 158 miles 50 chains (255.3 km) via Stroud.[2]

The station was originally opened in 1850 by the South Wales Railway Company and was greatly expanded in 1928. A new station building was built in 2010, with four full size platforms to facilitate new Great Western Railway 10-car Intercity Express Programme trains.

The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Transport for Wales Rail.[3] The main station entrance is located on Queensway, connected by Station Approach to the High Street; there is a further entrance adjoined to the National Car Parks site at its rear, reached from Devon Place.

  1. ^ "BRouter.net".
  2. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 20A. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
  3. ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Newport (South Wales)".