Risca and Pontymister railway station

51°36′20″N 3°05′35″W / 51.60554°N 3.09304°W / 51.60554; -3.09304Grid referenceST245902Owned byNetwork RailManaged byTransport for WalesPlatforms2Other informationStation codeRCAClassificationDfT category F2Key dates23 December 1850Opened as Risca30 April 1962Closed6 February 2008Reopened as Risca and PontymisterPassengers2018/19 92,1442019/20 87,0822020/21 16,9062021/22 55,5602022/23 72,414

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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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
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]

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