Risca and Pontymister railway station

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.

Risca and Pontymister

Welsh: Rhisga a Phont-y-meistr
LocationPontymister, Caerphilly
Wales
Coordinates51.60554°N 3.09304°W / 51.60554; -3.09304
Grid referenceST245902
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeRCA
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
23 December 1850Opened as Risca
30 April 1962Closed
6 February 2008Reopened as Risca and Pontymister
Passengers
2015/16 0.101 million
2016/17 0.111 million
2017/18 99,326
2018/19 92,144
2019/20 87,082
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Crosskeys   Transport for Wales
Cardiff Central - Ebbw Vale Town
   Rogerstone

History
Main article: Risca railway station

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]

References
  1. "Advertising". Charles Hough. Monmouthshire Merlin. 4 January 1851. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  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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