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

Butetown railway station - Spring 2024^[1]
Cardiff Parkway railway station - by 2024 ^[2]
Crwys Road railway station - 2024^[3]
Cardiff East railway station - 2025
Ely Mill railway station - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)^[4]
Gabalfa railway station - by 2028^[5]
Treforest Estate railway station relocation - by December 2025^[5]

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

West Wales Parkway railway station (Swansea) - proposed, date to be confirmed^[8]

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

Broughton railway station, Flintshire - on the 2021 Metro Development Plan by Transport for Wales^[9] and Future developments plan^[10] for the North Wales Metro
Greenfield railway station, Flintshire (on site of former Holywell Junction railway station) - on the 2021 Metro Development Plan^[9] and Future developments plan^[10] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
Northern Gateway railway station or Deeside Parkway railway station (Deeside) - on the Welsh Government New Railway Station Prioritisation (a five station shortlist)^[4]

Wrexham area

Wrexham North railway station - on 2021 Metro Development Plan^[9] and Future developments plan^[10] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
Wrexham South railway station - on 2021 Metro Development Plan^[9] and Future developments plan^[10] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales

Proposed reopening of Anglesey Central Railway line

Central Anglesey area

Amlwch railway station - part of the Future developments plan^[10] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
Gaerwen railway station - part of the Future developments plan^[10] for the North Wales Metro by Transport for Wales
Llangefni railway station - part of a April 2019 New Rail Stations Prioritisation – Stage 2 Assessment Report, by the Welsh Government, likely part of any reopening of ACR.^[11]

References

^ "Cardiff Bay: Work to start on Butetown railway station". BBC News. 15 August 2022.
^ "Cardiff Parkway: New railway station plans approved". BBC News. 6 April 2022.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "New railway station plans on track". 27 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "What's Happening in South East Wales". Transport for Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ Griffiths, Niall (10 January 2019). "First steps taken in plans for new railway station near Llanwern steelworks". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "South Wales Metro: Future developments | Transport for Wales". tfw.wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ Youle, Richard (21 July 2019). "Plans for new railway station and £58m upgrade to Cardiff Central". walesonline. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ ^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)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "North Wales Metro: Future developments | Transport for Wales". tfw.wales. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
^ New Rail Stations Prioritisation – Stage 2 Assessment Report, April 2019 (PDF). gov.wales: Welsh Government. 2019.

[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.

[:1-4] "New railway station plans on track". 27 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[:0-5] "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.

[:2-7] "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.

[:2021_MDP-9] 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)

[:3-10] ^ ^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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