Cardiff Parkway railway station
{{Short description|Proposed railway station in Wales}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Cardiff Parkway
| native_name = Parcffordd Caerdydd
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Cardiff_Parkway_railway_station_map.jpg
| caption = Proposed site, outlined in red
| address =
| borough = St Mellons, Cardiff
| country = Wales
| owned = Transport for Wales[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-40596186/no-reason-not-to-back-st-mellons-private-railway-station BBC news, 'No reason' not to back St Mellons private railway station. 13 July 2017]
| manager = Transport for Wales Rail
| years1 = TBA
| events1 = Expected opening
| mapframe =
}}
Cardiff Parkway ({{Langx|cy|Parcffordd Caerdydd}}){{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.wales/next-stop-cardiff-parkway|title=Next stop: Cardiff Parkway|publisher=Welsh Government|date=23 January 2019 |language=en|access-date=2024-03-22|format=press release}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiffhendrelakes.com/cy/parcffordd-caerdydd/|title=Parcffordd Caerdydd|website=Cardiff Hendre Lakes|language=cy-GB|access-date=2020-04-15}} is a planned railway station in the eastern region of Cardiff, and near to the boundary with the neighbouring city of Newport. The station is privately funded as part of the wider Cardiff Hendre Lakes business development.
Origins
{{See also|Proposed railway stations in Wales}}Cardiff Parkway Developments Ltd had applied for a station as part of the New Stations Fund 2, but it was unsuccessful. The station is to serve a new business park and would fit in with the proposed South Wales Metro. The new station is to be located south of the existing St Mellons Business Park in Cardiff, with the location of the station between Newport Road[http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Reviews/Resources/SW%20160224-potential-metro-m.gif Planned Metro map] and Newport stations.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38157370|title=New Cardiff Parkway station planned for business park - BBC News|work=BBC News|date=30 November 2016|access-date=2017-06-30}}
On 13 July 2017, it was announced that the station would be privately built rather than public and would not need the same system of approval than if it was publicly built.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-40596186/no-reason-not-to-back-st-mellons-private-railway-station BBC news, 'No reason' not to back St Mellons private railway station. 13 July 2017]
On 19 July 2017, it was announced the station had received funding of £30 million and was due to open in February 2020.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40669006 BBC News. Cardiff Parkway's £30m station gets support. 20 July 2017] The station is expected to cost around £120m and aims to secure 8 services an hour to Cardiff and Newport, as well as mainline services to other parts of the UK, including London and Bristol.{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-parkway-train-station-mellons-17284720|title=Impressive images of £120m new Cardiff Parkway mainline train station|last=Barry|first=Sion|date=2019-11-20|website=walesonline|access-date=2019-12-08}}
The plans are to skew the two relief lines to the south to allow an island platform to be built in the middle of the four tracks, plus platforms on either side.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38157370 BBC News. New Cardiff Parkway station planned for business park. 30 November 2016]
If Cardiff Parkway opens it will be the first station on the main line between Cardiff and Newport since Marshfield Station closed in 1959.
Construction
The station while first proposed in 2012 saw significant plans developed in the mid 2010s. In January 2019, it was announced that the station would open in 2022 with construction starting in 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46967369|title = Cardiff parkway station: Work to start in 2020|work = BBC News|date = 23 January 2019}}
In November 2019, a four-week period of public engagement into the project was launched. Completion of the station has been pushed back to 2023, subject to a planning application due in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardifflocal.tv/videos/cardiff-parkway-plans-revealed-x7o9tol/|title=Cardiff Parkway Plans Revealed!|website=Cardiff TV|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206142909/https://www.cardifflocal.tv/videos/cardiff-parkway-plans-revealed-x7o9tol/|url-status=dead}} In August 2020, a report suggested construction would start the following year, and the station would open in 2024.{{Cite web|last=Barry|first=Sion|date=2020-08-05|title=The £120m train station for South Wales at the heart of a new business district|url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/new-120m-train-station-south-18710923|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Business Live|language=en}}
In December 2021 a revised timetable was published where planning permission will be sought in February 2022 with a view to construction enabling a 2024 opening.{{cite web |last1=Seabrook |first1=Alex |title=New pictures of Cardiff Parkway train station plans revealed |url=https://www.thenational.wales/news/19784589.new-pictures-cardiff-parkway-train-station-plans-revealed/ |publisher=The National |access-date=15 December 2021}}
By January no work had started and 2024 the plans were once again under consideration, by the Welsh Government.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67980860|title=Cardiff Parkway: Final decision on St Mellons railway station}} A decision had not been published by July 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-opinion/welsh-government-needs-stop-dithering-29584075|title=The Welsh Government needs to stop dithering and approve Cardiff Parkway scheme}}
In January 2025 Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan approved the project, granting planning permission.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8xj4m43deo|title=New 'job creating' rail station finally approved}}
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See also
References
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{{South Wales Metro}}
{{Proposed rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom}}
{{Transport in Cardiff}}
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