Cardiff Parkway (Welsh: Parcffordd Caerdydd)[3][4] 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.
Cardiff Parkway Parcffordd Caerdydd  | |
|---|---|
 Proposed site, outlined in red | |
| General information | |
| Location | St Mellons, Cardiff Wales |
| Owned by | Transport for Wales[1] |
| Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail |
| Platforms | 4 [2] |
| Key dates | |
| 2024 | Expected opening |
Origins
editCardiff 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[5] and Newport stations.[6]
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.[7] On 19 July 2017, it was announced the station had received funding of £30 million and was due to open in February 2020.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10]
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
editThe 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.[11]
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.[12] In August 2020, a report suggested construction would start the following year, and the station would open in 2024.[13]
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.[14]
By January no work had started and 2024 the plans were once again under consideration, by the Welsh Government.[15] A decision had not been published by July 2024[16]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future services | ||||
| Cardiff Central | Transport for Wales South Wales Main Line |
Newport | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ BBC news, 'No reason' not to back St Mellons private railway station. 13 July 2017
- ^ "The new south Wales railway station with a 5,000 plus job business park". 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Next stop: Cardiff Parkway" (press release). Welsh Government. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Parcffordd Caerdydd". Cardiff Hendre Lakes (in Welsh). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Planned Metro map
- ^ "New Cardiff Parkway station planned for business park - BBC News". BBC News. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ BBC news, 'No reason' not to back St Mellons private railway station. 13 July 2017
- ^ BBC News. Cardiff Parkway's £30m station gets support. 20 July 2017
- ^ Barry, Sion (20 November 2019). "Impressive images of £120m new Cardiff Parkway mainline train station". walesonline. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ BBC News. New Cardiff Parkway station planned for business park. 30 November 2016
- ^ "Cardiff parkway station: Work to start in 2020". BBC News. 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Cardiff Parkway Plans Revealed!". Cardiff TV. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Barry, Sion (5 August 2020). "The £120m train station for South Wales at the heart of a new business district". Business Live. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Seabrook, Alex. "New pictures of Cardiff Parkway train station plans revealed". The National. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Cardiff Parkway: Final decision on St Mellons railway station".
- ^ "The Welsh Government needs to stop dithering and approve Cardiff Parkway scheme".
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