Newport railway station
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- For the railway station on the West Anglia Main Line in Essex see Newport (Essex) railway station
- For the Newport railway station in Melbourne, Australia see Newport railway station, Melbourne
Train services
Hourly services include: First Great Western InterCity Swansea-London express trains; Arriva Trains Wales Cardiff-Manchester and Cardiff-Gloucester regional trains; Central Trains Cardiff-Birmingham-Nottingham "Citylink" service; and the First Great Western Cardiff-Portsmouth Harbour service. The Virgin Trains South West-South Wales-North East and Scotland service occasionally calls at Newport. By a combination of services, there are trains to Cardiff at least every quarter of an hour.Facilities
The current station layout consists of four through-platforms. Originally, there were bay platforms either side of the main station building, but these were removed in the 1970s.Platform 1 is generally only used during peak hours and usually for trains heading towards Cardiff. Platform 2 is the usual stopping point for all westbound services towards Cardiff including InterCity services to Swansea. Platform 3 is the stopping point for eastbound InterCity services to London and regional trains to the north and the south/south west of England. Platform 4 is currently out of service but is currently being renovated for use by trains to Ebbw Vale following the re-opening of the Ebbw Valley line in 2006-2007.
A British Transport Police station and a branch of WH Smith are situated on platform 1. The waiting room and customer toilets are situated between platforms 2 and 3, as is the buffet, 'The Lemon Tree'. Also, between platforms 2 and 3 is a customer help desk. The booking hall is situated between the entrance and platform 1. There are three main windows for tickets for immediate travel and a travel centre which handles enquiries, complaints and issues tickets for future travel. In the booking hall there is also a small buffet, a bank of telephones, automatic ticket machines and a photo-booth. Wheelchair access between platforms is provided by a subway, accessed by a lift from the platforms. Also, a ramp from platforms 2 and 3 leads into a subway that links Mill Street to the city centre. There is a short-stay car park and taxi rank situated to the front and a long-stay car park to the rear which is accessible via a footbridge from all platforms. Since October 2005, automatic ticket barriers have been installed.
See also
Railway stations in NewportExternal links
- [Train times] and [station information] for Newport railway station from National Rail
- [Street map] and [aerial photo] of Newport railway station from Multimap.com
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