View source for Caerleon railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Caerleon
| status              = Disused
| image               = Caerleon Station - geograph.org.uk - 128442.jpg
| caption             = Station in 1959.
| borough             = [[Caerleon]], [[Newport, Wales|Newport]]
| country             = Wales
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|ST337910|25|ST337910}}
| platforms           = 2
| original            = [[Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[Great Western Railway]]
| postgroup           = Great Western Railway
| years               = {{Start date|1874|12|21|df=yes}}
| events              = Opened
| years1              = 30 April 1962
| events1             = Closed to passengers
| years2              = 29 November 1965
| events2             = Closed to all traffic
}}
'''Caerleon railway station''' is a former station serving [[Caerleon]] on the east side of the city of [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Wales]] and a proposed future station as part of the [[South Wales Metro]].

==History==
[[File:Caerleon_Railway_Station.JPG|thumb|Station buildings in [[Caerleon]] awaiting platform rebuilding and station re-opening on the [[Welsh Marches Line]]]]
The station was opened by the [[Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway]] on 21 December 1874.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=51}}{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=110}} This came after the absorption of the Pontypool company by the [[Great Western Railway]].{{sfn|Awdry|1990|p=40}} The station closed to passengers on 30 April 1962{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=51}}{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=110}} and to all traffic on 29 November 1965.{{sfn|Clinker|1988|p=23}}<ref name="wml">{{cite book| title=Western Main Lines: Hereford to Newport| isbn=978-1-904474-54-8}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=May 2013}}

The site is now mixed use business premises including a gym, MOT centre and Veterinary Clinic.

== Proposed reopening ==
{{See also|Proposed railway stations in Wales}}
The [[Newport City Council]] unitary development plan and [[Sewta]] rail strategy in 2006 set out plans for the station to be re-opened.<ref name="ncc">{{cite web| url=http://www.newport.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/plans_and_strategies/cont063489.pdf| publisher=Newport City Council| title=Newport UDP| access-date=26 July 2006| 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| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Assessments by Capita Symonds in 2010 evaluated the cost of the project as £14.1m, and highlighted it would be of particular importance given the popular restaurant and pub environment in the town, as well as the 70,000 yearly visitors to the Roman tourist attractions nearby.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-16925364|title=Caerleon train station proposed|date=8 February 2012|access-date=2 August 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref> Caerleon is particularly suited to public transport improvements as it has long had poor air quality. It has been subject to a [[Newport City Council]] air quality management area study since January 2018 due to the low standard of air quality in the town centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/15891771.newports-air-pollution-hotspots-revealed/|title=Newport's Air Pollution Hotspots Revealed|date=23 January 2018|website=South Wales Argus|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>

The Welsh Government has commissioned [[Arup Group|Arup]] to review the Caerleon Station Grip 3 Report land around the site has been safeguarded by Newport City Council for future reopening<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newport.gov.uk/documents/Planning-Documents/LDP-2011-2026/LDP-Examination/ED010-ED011/LDP-Examination-Hearing-Session-6-%E2%80%93-Council's-Response-to-Matters-Arising.pdf|title=Newport City Council Local Development Plan, Council Response to Matters Arising, Hearing Session 6, Transport, Other Infrastructure, Community Facilities|date=9 April 2014|website=Newport City Council|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref> but in the near term the station has been neglected in favour of [[Proposed railway stations in Wales|other reopenings]] predominantly in the Cardiff area.

Nevertheless, Newport City Council has discussed preliminary matters such as the provision of approximately half a hectare for car parking, subject to exact provision being agreed with Welsh Government.<ref name=":0" />

The rail operator [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]] announced in 2018 that Caerleon is a target for reopening as part of the [[South Wales Metro]] project.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://beta.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2018-06/south-wales-metro-summary-brochure.pdf |title=South Wales Metro summary brochure|publisher=gov.wales|access-date=20 February 2019}}</ref> It would join similar proposed facilities at [[Magor railway station|Magor]], [[Cardiff Parkway railway station|Cardiff Parkway]], and [[Llanwern railway station|Llanwern]].

Proposals to reopen Caerleon station were strengthened following the decision by First Minister Mark Drakeford in 2019 to reject the [[M4 relief road]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/m4-relief-road-plan-rejected-16368941|title=M4 relief road plan 'to be rejected by First Minister'|last=Shipton|first=Martin|date=3 June 2019|website=walesonline|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref> which now allows up to £1.4bn to be allocated through the Welsh Government's borrowing facility<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-48477373|title=What could you spend £1.4bn on?|last=Davies|first=Daniel|date=2 June 2019|access-date=18 September 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref> for improving infrastructure in and around the south east Wales M4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swalesmetroprof.blog/2019/06/12/no-new-m4-so-what-instead/|title=No new M4…so what instead?|date=12 June 2019|website=Mark Barry|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802192410/https://swalesmetroprof.blog/2019/06/12/no-new-m4-so-what-instead/|archive-date=2 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref> 

== Services ==
{{Historical Rail Start}}
{{Rail line|previous={{rws|Ponthir}}<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small>|next={{rws|Newport High Street}}<br /><small>Line and station open</small>|route=[[Great Western Railway]]<br /><small>[[Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway]]</small>|col={{GWR colour}} }}
{{future rail insert |text=Future services }}
{{rail line |previous={{stnlnk|Cwmbran}}<br /><small>Line and station open</small> |route=[[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]]<br /><small>[[Welsh Marches Line]]</small> |next={{stnlnk|Newport}}<br /><small>Line and station open</small> |col={{KAW colour}} }}
{{rail end}}

==See also==
*[[Railway stations in Newport]]
*[[South Wales Metro]]
* [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]]
* [[Proposed railway stations in Wales]]

==References==
===Notes===
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{Awdry-RailCo}}
*{{Butt-Stations}}
*{{Clinker-Stations|year=1988}}
*{{Cite book|last1=Conolly|first1=W. Philip|title = British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer|year=2004|orig-year=1958|publisher=Ian Allan|location=Hersham, Surrey|isbn=978-0-7110-0320-0}}
*{{Quick-Stations}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category inline}}
*[http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#332,191,1 Station on a navigable 1947 O.S. map]

{{South Wales Metro}}
{{Caerleon, Wales}}
{{Transport in Newport}}
{{Proposed rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom}}
{{coord|51|36|50.9|N|2|57|30.9|W|format=dms|display=title|region:GB_type:railwaystation}}

[[Category:Disused railway stations in Newport, Wales]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962]]
[[Category:Former Great Western Railway stations]]
[[Category:Caerleon]]
[[Category:1874 establishments in Wales]]