Station code RCA Opened 6 February 2008 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference ST245902 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales DfT category F2 Owner Network Rail | |
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Similar Rogerstone railway station, Caldicot railway station, Crosskeys railway station, Caerphilly railway station, Cwmbran 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.
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.
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.
History of Risca station
The first steam locomotive passenger train ran on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Western Valley line on Monday December 23, 1850. Two trains towards Ebbw Vale and two towards Newport each weekday.
The MRCC had been running the canals and horse-drawn carriages on their tram-roads which went through Risca from 1795.
Passenger services on the original line ended in 1962.