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There have been many railway stations in Newport, due to its importance as a port for the industrial Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire valleys. The only stations in use at the moment are Newport in the city centre and in the Western valley Pye Corner and Rogerstone. == History == *19 June 1850 was opened by the South Wales Railway. *21/23 December 1850 A temporary terminus station was opened at Courtybella on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company's Western Valley line. *1 July 1852 The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company opened a temporary station at on Barrack Hill as the southern terminus of its Eastern Valley line from Pontypool. *4 August 1852 was opened by the Monmouthshire Railway on its Western Valley line. *9 March 1853 opened to replace the Barrack Hill terminus. *May 1855 the Eastern Valley line was connected to the Western Valley line at Dock Street. *1 August 1863 Amalgamation of the South Wales Railway and the Great Western Railway amalgamated. *17 September 1874 Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway opened from Pontypool South Junction to Maindee Junctions for goods trains. *21 December 1874 Passenger trains on the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway run to High Street station. *April 1878 Connection made from Llantarnam Junction on the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway to Cwmbran Junction on Eastern Valley line. Eastern Valley trains divert, via Caerleon, to Newport High Street. *1 January 1879 Park Junction to Gaer Junction opened allowing the Western Valley line access to use High Street station. *1 August 1880 Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company and Great Western Railway amalgamated. Mill Street and Dock Street passenger stations closed. *28 November 1966 Newport Mill Street yard closed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Railway stations in Newport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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