Newport railway station
Newport railway station looking eastbound. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Newport, Wales Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°35′20″N 3°00′01″W / 51.5888°N 3.0004°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ST 307 882 | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | NWP | ||||
| Classification | DfT category B | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 18 June 1850 | Opened | ||||
| 1880 | Enlarged | ||||
| 1928 | Enlarged | ||||
| 2010 | Enlarged | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 2.719 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.538 million | ||||
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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, and 158 miles 50 chains (255.3 km) via Stroud.
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. 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.