Risca and Pontymister railway station

Risca and Pontymister National Rail
Welsh: Rhisga a Phont-y-meistr
Location
Place Pontymister
Local authority Caerphilly
Grid reference ST245902
Operations
Station code RCA
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2007/08  21,792
2008/09 Increase 0.101 million
2009/10 Decrease 99,964
2010/11 Increase 0.107 million
2011/12 Decrease 0.104 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.100 million
2013/14 Increase 0.109 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.108 million
History
Key dates Opened 6 February 2008 (6 February 2008)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Risca and Pontymister from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

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.

The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station commenced. Plans include an hourly service to Newport.

History of Risca station

The first steam locomotive passenger train ran on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Western Valley line on Monday December 23, 1850.[1] Two trains towards Ebbw Vale and two towards 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

  1. 1 2 "Advertising". Charles Hough. Monmouthshire Merlin. 4 January 1851. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Skillern, WJ (July 1960). "The Railways of Newport". The Railway Magazine. 107 (711).
  3. ↑ Vay Le, Julian; Benedict Le Vay (1 December 2014). Britain from the Rails: Including the nation's best-kept-secret railways. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 271–. ISBN 978-1-84162-919-3.
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Coordinates: 51°36′20″N 3°05′35″W / 51.60554°N 3.09304°W / 51.60554; -3.09304


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