Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station
Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf reilffordd Parcffordd Glyn Ebwy) is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services to and from Cardiff Central commenced after 46 years of being a freight-only line. A northwards extension of the line to a new terminus at Ebbw Vale Town opened on 17 May 2015, which accounts for the drop in usage in 2015–16. A direct service to Newport was expected to commence in 2018 following double-tracking and re-signalling works between Aberbeeg and Crosskeys, but this has now been pushed back to 2021.
Ebbw Vale Parkway Welsh: Parcffordd Glyn Ebwy | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°45′24″N 3°11′46″W |
| Grid reference | SO175070 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | Transport for Wales |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | EBV |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Network Rail |
| Key dates | |
| August 1852 | Opened as Victoria (Blaenau Gwent) |
| 30 April 1962 | Closed |
| 6 February 2008 | Reopened as Ebbw Vale Parkway |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 | 38,834 |
| 2019/20 | 44,100 |
| 2020/21 | 7,654 |
| 2021/22 | 24,918 |
| 2022/23 | 30,452 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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.