Risca and Pontymister railway station (Welsh: Rhisga a Phont-y-meistr) is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in south-east Wales. It serves the village of Pontymister and the town of Risca. It is located roughly ½ mile south of the original Risca railway station.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Pontymister, Caerphilly Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°36′20″N 3°05′35″W / 51.60554°N 3.09304°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ST245902 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | RCA | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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| 23 December 1850 | Opened as Risca | ||||
| 30 April 1962 | Closed | ||||
| 6 February 2008 | Reopened as Risca and Pontymister | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  92,144 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 87,082 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 16,906 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  55,560 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 72,414 | ||||
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The station is located near Ty Isaf School and Mill Street on a site of former railway sidings. The station has two platforms and a park and ride car park. Vehicular access to the station is off Maryland Road, with passenger access off Mill Street.
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays, there are two trains per hour between Cardiff Central or Newport and Ebbw Vale Town. On Sundays, the Cardiff to Ebbw Vale service runs via Newport every two hours.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Crosskeys | Transport for Wales Cardiff / Newport - Ebbw Vale Town | Rogerstone | ||
History
The first steam locomotive passenger train ran on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Western Valley line on Monday 23 December 1850, with service running twice in each direction (to Ebbw Vale and to Newport) each weekday.[1]
The MRCC had been running the canals and horse-drawn carriages on their tram-roads which went through Risca from 1795.[2]
Passenger services on the original line ended in 1962.[3]
References
External links
- Train times and station information for Risca and Pontymister railway station from National Rail
- Planning Approval Granted for New Railway Station
- Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)
- grid reference ST244902