Crosskeys railway station

Crosskeys railway station is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales.

Crosskeys

Location	Crosskeys, Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51°37′15″N 3°07′33″W
Grid reference	ST221919
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CKY
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
September 1851	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed
7 June 2008	Reopened
Passengers
2015/16	0.119 million
2016/17	0.119 million
2017/18	0.123 million
2018/19	0.111 million
2019/20	99,846

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is situated near the former station site closed in 1962, behind houses on Risca Road and Carlton Terrace. The access to the station is via a one-way system off High Street exiting via Carlton Terrace.

Crosskeys is a two-platform station and there is no car park. The station provides good access to the town and the local college as well as being near local bus links.

The station marks the end of the double-track passing loop between Risca and Crosskeys, upon leaving Crosskeys trains enter the single track which extends to the rail head in Ebbw Vale Town.

History

The station opened on 7 June 2008, four months after services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station commenced. Plans include an hourly service to Newport.[1]

Services

The normal service on Monday to Saturday is one train per hour in each direction; these terminate at Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Town. On Sundays, trains run approximately every two hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newbridge		Transport for Wales Cardiff Central - Ebbw Vale Town		Risca and Pontymister

References

"National Transport Plan" (PDF). Welsh Assembly Government. July 2009. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crosskeys railway station.

Train times and station information for Crosskeys railway station from National Rail
Planning Approval Granted for New Railway Station
Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)

South Wales Metro
Organisations	South Wales Metro Transport for Wales KeolisAmey Wales Transport for Wales Rail Welsh Government
Main lines	Gloucester–Newport line South Wales Main Line Welsh Marches line
Metro lines	Butetown Cardiff City Coryton Ebbw Valley Maesteg Merthyr Rhondda Rhymney Vale of Glamorgan
Major rail stations	Barry Bridgend Caerphilly Bay Central Queen Street Cathays List of railway stations in Cardiff Newport Pontypridd Treforest
Bus interchanges	Blackwood Bargoed Cardiff New (2023) 1954–2015 Cwmbran Ebbw Vale Merthyr Tydfil Newport
Bus operators	Bus transport in Cardiff Cardiff Bus First Cymru NAT Group Newport Bus Stagecoach South Wales
Proposed stations	Caerleon Flourish Cardiff Parkway Crwys Road Gabalfa Magor Newport West Newport West Central Llanwern Loudoun Square Treforest Estate (relocated)
Active travel	Bute Park Celtic Trail cycle route Cistercian Way Cycling in Cardiff Llandaff Fields National Cycle Network NCR 88 NCR 4 NCR 46 NCR 47 Roald Dahl Plass Sophia Gardens Taff Trail Usk Valley Walk Wales Coast Path

Transport in Caerphilly County Borough

Road

Bus operators

Bus stations

Railway operators

Railway stations

Ebbw line	Risca Crosskeys Newbridge
Rhymney line	Caerphilly Aber Energlyn Llanbradach Ystrad Mynach Hengoed Pengam Bargoed Brithdir Tir-phil Pontlottyn Rhymney

Cycling

Taff Trail
Celtic Trail (including NCR 46 and NCR 47)
NCR 4:Newport to Llanelli section
NCR 465
NCR 466
NCR 467
NCR 469
NCR 475

Walking

Waterways

Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

Railway stations in Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys
Valley lines	Butetown Cardiff City Coryton Ebbw Valley Maesteg Merthyr Rhondda Rhymney Vale of Glamorgan
Other lines	South Wales Main Line Gloucester–Newport line Welsh Marches line South Wales Metro
Major stations	Cardiff Central Cardiff Queen Street Newport Bridgend
Cardiff stations	Rail transport in Cardiff Birchgrove Cardiff Bay Cathays Coryton Danescourt Fairwater Grangetown Heath High Level Heath Low Level Lisvane and Thornhill Llandaf Llanishen Ninian Park Radyr Rhiwbina Ty Glas Waun-gron Park Whitchurch
Valley Lines stations	Aber Abercynon Aberdare Bargoed Barry Barry Docks Barry Island Brithdir Cadoxton Caerphilly Cogan Crosskeys Cwmbach Dinas Powys Dinas Rhondda Dingle Road Eastbrook Ebbw Vale Parkway Ebbw Vale Town Energlyn and Churchill Park Fernhill Garth Gilfach Fargoed Hengoed Llanbradach Llanharan Llanhilleth Llantwit Major Llwynypia Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Vale Mountain Ash Newbridge Penarth Pencoed Pengam Penrhiwceiber Pentre-bach Pontlottyn Pontyclun Pontypridd Porth Pye Corner Quakers Yard Rhoose Cardiff International Airport Rhymney Risca and Pontymister Rogerstone Sarn Taffs Well Tir-Phil Tondu Ton Pentre Tonypandy Treforest Treforest Estate Trehafod Treherbert Treorchy Troed-y-rhiw Wildmill Ynyswen Ystrad Mynach Ystrad Rhondda
Other stations	Abergavenny Caldicot Chepstow Cwmbran Pontypool and New Inn Severn Tunnel Junction
Proposed stations	Aberbeeg Abertillery Cardiff Parkway Caerleon Crumlin Low Level Cwm Llanwern Newport West St Fagans
Transport in Bridgend County Borough Transport in Caerphilly County Borough Transport in Cardiff Transport in Newport Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Transport in the Vale of Glamorgan UK railway stations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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