Rogerstone railway station
Railway station in Newport, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rogerstone railway station (Welsh: Tŷ-du) is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in the community of Rogerstone in Newport, south Wales. The station is situated ½ mile north of the original station on the site of former rail sidings. The station is within the Afon Village housing development. Access to the single-platform station and associated car park is off Lily Way.
General information | |||||
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Location | Rogerstone, Newport Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51.596°N 3.067°W / 51.596; -3.067 | ||||
Grid reference | ST262890 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | ROR | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
Key dates | |||||
August 1851 | Opened as Tydee | ||||
1898[1] | renamed Rogerstone | ||||
30 April 1962 | Closed | ||||
6 February 2008 | Reopened as Rogerstone | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 81,522 | ||||
2019/20 | 85,112 | ||||
2020/21 | 14,924 | ||||
2021/22 | 55,242 | ||||
2022/23 | 70,426 | ||||
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The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway commenced, with trains being operated by Arriva Trains Wales. On 17 May 2015, a new northern terminus was opened at Ebbw Vale Town railway station. In 2018, Transport for Wales took over running of the services. On 13 December 2021, a direct service to Newport railway station was added,[2] suspended in January 2022 because of staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and reinstated in May 2022.