Victoria (Blaenau Gwent) Railway Station
The station has been built on the site of the former Victoria station in the Victoria area of the Ebbw Vale conurbation. It consists of a single platform adjacent to Glan Ebbw Terrace, close to the A4046 Station Road.
Services
Today, the current service is two trains per hour consisting of one to Cardiff Central and one to Newport, both calling at Llanhilleth, Newbridge, Crosskeys, Risca, Rogerstone and Pye Corner. The journey times to Cardiff is approximately fifty minutes. Occasional services continue beyond Cardiff to Swansea, Bridgend or Maesteg.
Services are usually operated by Class 150 or 153 Sprinter units.
Demand for travel to and from the station was seriously under-estimated by the promoters of the line's reopening, even though the service provided was to Cardiff only and not to Newport as well, as originally assumed. For example, in 2008–09, usage at the station was forecast to be 50,000, for journeys on the lines to Cardiff and to Newport, but was actually about 250,000, for journeys on the line to Cardiff only. Part of the reason for the demand underforecast was the requirement that no demand from regeneration of the former steelworks area should be assumed.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Ebbw Vale Town | Transport for Wales Ebbw Vale Town – Cardiff Central |
Llanhilleth |
Bus interchange
The station is a thirty eight minute walk (1.8 miles) from Ebbw Vale bus station (known as Inner Bypass), which is the terminus for a number of Stagecoach South Wales services to Cardiff, Abergavenny, Brynmawr, Tredegar, and other nearby villages.
The station is closest served by the bus stop at Waunlwyd on the A4046. There are bus connections from here to nearby communities such as Cwm, the Garden Festival Shopping site, Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan and Ebbw Vale Town itself.
Peter Law plaque
A plaque at the railway station commemorates local MP and Assembly Member Peter Law, who died in 2006, in honour of his work to re-open the line.
References
- ^ Craig, Ian. "Restoration of Newport-Ebbw Vale rail link on track for 2021". South Wales Argus.
- ^ "Search & Buy Train Tickets with Arriva Trains Wales for travel in Wales and UK".
- ^ Steer Davies Gleave (August 2010). "Station Usage and Demand Forecasts for Newly Opened Railway Lines and Stations" (PDF). Department for Transport. pp. 125–126. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ Rivals unite to remember Peter Law | South Wales Argus
External links
- Train times and station information for Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station from National Rail
- Details of proposals for station, with pictures
- Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)