List of proposed railway stations in Wales

Below is a contemporary list of all major proposed railway stations in Wales.

Only stations which have been proposed by Transport for Wales and/or Network Rail, or which are state approved but private funded proposals (such as Cardiff Parkway) are shown.

List of proposed railway stations

South East Wales

Cardiff area

Newport area

  • Llanwern railway station - date to be confirmed[6]
  • Magor & Undy railway station - proposed reopening of the station that closed in 1964, date to be confirmed[7]
  • Somerton - date to be confirmed[7]
  • Newport West railway station - date to be confirmed[7]

South West Wales

Carmarthenshire area

  • St Clears railway station (Carmarthenshire) – proposed reopening of the station that closed in 1964. On the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)[4]

Swansea area

Mid Wales

Powys area

  • Carno railway station (Powys) - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)[4]

North Wales

Flintshire area

Wrexham area

Proposed reopening of Anglesey Central Railway line

Central Anglesey area

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cardiff Bay: Work to start on Butetown railway station". BBC News. 15 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Cardiff Parkway: New railway station plans approved". BBC News. 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ John Jones (20 April 2023). "The new train station being built in the middle of one of Cardiff's busiest neighbourhoods". Wales Online. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "New railway station plans on track". 27 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b "What's Happening in South East Wales". Transport for Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. ^ Griffiths, Niall (10 January 2019). "First steps taken in plans for new railway station near Llanwern steelworks". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "South Wales Metro: Future developments | Transport for Wales". tfw.wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ^ Youle, Richard (21 July 2019). "Plans for new railway station and £58m upgrade to Cardiff Central". walesonline. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d TfW Metro Development 2021 - How we're developing Metro (March 2021) (PDF). tfw.wales: Transport for Wales. March 2021. pp. 4, 7–8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  10. ^ a b c d e f "North Wales Metro: Future developments | Transport for Wales". tfw.wales. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  11. ^ New Rail Stations Prioritisation – Stage 2 Assessment Report, April 2019 (PDF). gov.wales: Welsh Government. 2019.
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