Crosskeys railway station

Crosskeys National Rail
Location
Place Crosskeys
Local authority Caerphilly
Grid reference ST221919
Operations
Station code CKY
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Steady 0.117 million
2013/14 Increase 0.119 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.114 million
2015/16 Increase 0.119 million
2016/17 Steady 0.119 million
History
September 1851 Opened
30 April 1962 Closed
7 June 2008 Reopened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Crosskeys from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Crosskeys railway station is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales.

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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "National Transport Plan" (PDF). Welsh Assembly Government. July 2009. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Newbridge   Arriva Trains Wales
Cardiff Central - Ebbw Vale Town
   Risca and Pontymister

Coordinates: 51°37′15″N 3°07′33″W / 51.6208°N 3.1259°W / 51.6208; -3.1259

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