Pye Corner railway station

A report published by the South East Wales Transport Alliance (Sewta) in 2006 envisaged the extension of services on the Ebbw Valley Railway to Newport and the addition of new stations at {{rws|Cwm}} and Pye Corner.{{sfnp|SEWTA|2006|loc=para. 8.3.1}} It was forecast that 135,000 journeys would be made to and from Pye Corner which had a catchment population of 19,040 within {{convert|2|km|mi}} and 4,312 within {{convert|800|m|yd}}.{{sfnp|SEWTA|2006|loc=para. 8.4}} Provision of the station was set as a priority in Sewta's Regional Transport Plan published in 2008{{cite web | url = http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/web/groups/public/documents/report/057210.pdf | title = Sewta Board meeting | access-date = 2014-03-12 | author = SEWTA | author-link = South East Wales Transport Alliance | date = 27 June 2008 | format = DOC | at = para. 9.2 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140313001343/http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/web/groups/public/documents/report/057210.pdf | archive-date = 13 March 2014 | url-status = dead }} and the aspiration was reflected in Network Rail's Wales Route Utilisation Strategy published in November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/wales/wales%20rus.pdf|publisher=Network Rail|title=Wales Route Utilisation Strategy|access-date=2014-03-12|at=para. 7.3.7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607075754/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/wales/wales%20rus.pdf|archive-date=7 June 2011|url-status=dead}} Land for the station was safeguarded in Newport City Council's Unitary Development Plan.{{cite web | url = http://www.newport.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/plans_and_strategies/cont063489.pdf | title = Adopted Unitary Development Plan 1996-2011 | access-date = 2014-03-12 | author = Newport City Council | author-link = Newport City Council | date = May 2006 | at = page 71 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060723190027/http://www.newport.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/plans_and_strategies/cont063489.pdf | archive-date = 23 July 2006 | df = dmy-all }}

In March 2012, proposals for a single-platform station, situated to the east of the line and accessed from a new road junction on Western Valley Road opposite High Cross Lane, were put out to consultation.{{cite web | url = http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.pressrelease&contentid=CONT650644 | title = Views sought on proposed railway stations | access-date = 2014-03-12 | author = Newport City Council | author-link = Newport City Council | date = 15 March 2012}} The plans included provision for a second platform to be provided at a later date. In March 2013, the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, announced that Pye Corner was a "front-runner" in terms of funding for new stations, along with {{rws|Ilkeston}} and {{rws|Lea Bridge}}.{{cite web | url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fresh-start-for-franchising | title = Fresh start for franchising | access-date = 2014-03-12 | author = Department for Transport | author-link = Department for Transport | date = 26 March 2013}}{{cite news | first = George | last = Herd | title = Fifty years since Beeching's rail cuts in Wales | date = 27 March 2013 | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-21947552 | work = BBC News Online | access-date = 2014-03-12}} The grant of £2.5m was confirmed in May 2013, to which the Welsh Government would add a further £1m.{{cite news | title = Fifty years since Beeching's rail cuts in Wales | date = 16 May 2013 | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-22550481 | work = BBC News Online | access-date = 2014-03-12}}

The station's location is close to the former Bassaleg Junction station.

In February 2014, a planning application for the station was passed by Newport City Council, with planners recommending the construction of a screen or fence to protect the privacy of properties adjacent to the station which back on to the line.{{cite news | title = Newport's Pye Corner railway station approved | date = 6 February 2014 | url = http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10990875.Newport_s_Pye_Corner_railway_station_approved/?ref=mry | work = South Wales Argus | access-date = 2014-03-12}}{{cite journal|title=Newport Council approves Pye Corner station|journal=RAIL |issue=742|date=19 February – 4 March 2014|page=20 |editor=Nigel Harris }} The first train to arrive at the station on the opening day of 14 December 2014 was the 09:15 from Ebbw Vale.{{cite news | title = First train pulls into Pye Corner £3.5m railway station | date = 14 December 2014 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-30449508 | work = BBC News Online | access-date = 2014-12-14 }}

On Mondays to Saturdays, there are two trains per hour between {{rws|Cardiff Central}} or {{rws|Newport}} and {{rws|Ebbw Vale Town}}. On Sundays, the Cardiff to Ebbw Vale service runs via Newport every two hours.

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• Railway stations in Newport

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• {{cite web | url = http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/pdf/Environment_Planning/LDP-Examination-Documents/SEW21.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070328000111/http://www.sewta.gov.uk/PDF/RailStrategy.pdf | archive-date = 28 March 2007 | title = Sewta Rail Strategy Study | access-date = 11 March 2015 | author = SEWTA | author-link = South East Wales Transport Alliance | date = January 2006 }}

{{Commons category|Pye Corner railway station}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100225090723/http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/ebbwvalleyrailway/ Archive of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme website] (Blaenau Gwent council, 2008)

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