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A TfW Rail train calls at Newbridge. Courtesy TfW Rail
Passenger services between Ebbw Vale and Newport resumed on 1 February for the first time in more than 60 years.
Thirty trains a day run between Newport and Ebbw Vale after capacity enhancements on the line including extension of the passing loop between Crosskeys and Aberbeeg and provision of a new platform and lifts at Newbridge and Llanhilleth stations. It was funded by a £70 million Welsh Government loan to Blaenau Gwent council. A further £17 million signalling upgrade on the southern end of the line was delivered by Siemens.
Passenger services on the Ebbw Vale line resumed in 2008 after closure in 1962. More than a million journeys were made in the first 18 months of the new service.
- A full report will appear in the March edition of Modern Railways.
