Newport railway station
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Newport (Welsh: Gorsaf Rheilffordd Casnewydd) is the second-busiest railway station in Wales (after Cardiff Central). It is situated in Newport city centre and is 133 miles 13 chains (214.3 km) from London Paddington measured via Bristol Parkway,[1] and 158 miles 50 chains (255.3 km) via Stroud.[2]
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Location | Newport, Wales Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51.5888°N 3.0004°W / 51.5888; -3.0004 | ||||
Grid reference | ST 307 882 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail | ||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||
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Station code | NWP | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
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18 June 1850 | Opened | ||||
1880 | Enlarged | ||||
1928 | Enlarged | ||||
2010 | Enlarged | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 2.745 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.560 million | ||||
2019/20 | 2.717 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.486 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.543 million | ||||
Interchange | 77,882 | ||||
2021/22 | 1.754 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.300 million | ||||
2022/23 | 2.340 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.478 million | ||||
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The station was originally opened in 1850 by the South Wales Railway Company and was greatly expanded in 1928. A new station building was built in 2010, with four full size platforms to facilitate new Great Western Railway 10-car Intercity Express Programme trains.
The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Transport for Wales Rail.[3] The main station entrance is located on Queensway, connected by Station Approach to the High Street; there is a further entrance adjoined to the National Car Parks site at its rear, reached from Devon Place.