Abergavenny Train Station, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

Details

Accessibility

Disability Parking, Disability Toilets: The National key toilets are located within the station café; these toilets are operated by a radar key.

Category B2: Platform 1 for services to Hereford is fully accessible. Supervised access to the southbound platform via a crossing with assistance from Booking Office staff during opening hours and from traincrew when it is closed.

Brief description

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abergavenny_railway_station

2024: "Abergavenny railway station (Welsh: Y Fenni) is situated south-east of the town centre of Abergavenny, Wales. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Transport for Wales. It lies on the Welsh Marches Line between Newport and Hereford.

Abergavenny lies at the eastern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park and provides an access point to local services and public transport into the park. The station is Grade II listed[1] and was designed by Charles Liddell, in an Italianate architectural style when he was Chief Engineer of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway.

The station is staffed in the daytime, with the ticket office open seven days per week. It has disabled access to platforms, a cafeteria and toilets, plus large waiting rooms on both platforms. Train running information is provided via automated announcements, digital CIS displays and timetable posters, along with a customer help point on platform 1. Step-free access is available on the northbound platform at all times, but to the southbound one only when the ticket office is staffed (as this requires the use of a barrow crossing with locked gates). There is also a footbridge linking the two platforms.[5]

Proposals for an accessible footbridge at the station were put forward in 2010 but cancelled as Network Rail failed to obtain listed building consent.[6]

The footbridge was temporarily replaced whilst Network Rail took down and restored the original footbridge between December 2018 and July 2019. The bridge was restored at a specialist company in Cardiff. Works involved adding anti-slip material to the deck and refurbishing the trestle support columns and staircases. Future works include providing the station with step-free access throughout as part of the Department of Transport Access for All fund, which will be match-funded by Transport for Wales.[7]  

With a few exceptions, the weekday daytime service pattern typically sees one train per hour in each direction between Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central, with most trains continuing beyond Cardiff to Swansea and West Wales. There is also a two-hourly service between Cardiff and the North Wales Coast Line to Holyhead via Wrexham General. These services are all operated by Transport for Wales.[8] The northbound Premier service from Cardiff to Holyhead calls here on Monday to Fridays but the southbound service does not call here.

Two trains per day in the early morning on weekdays to London Paddington, via Hereford and the Cotswold Line, commenced operation in December 2007. However, they were short lived, being withdrawn in December 2008; they were deemed pointless as changing at Newport was quicker. These services were operated by First Great Western."

Address

Abergavenny station

Station Approach

Abergavenny

Monmouthshire

NP7 5HS

Email

Phone

Website

https://tfw.wales/places/stations/abergavenny

https://www.thetrainline.com/stations/abergavenny

Directions

Opening Times

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

2024: Ticket office opening hours

Transport

For further travel information in Wales please see: www.traveline.cymru/travel-info

Or call Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000

Amenities

Baby Changing Facilities

Parking

Shops

Ticket machine

Ticket office

Toilets: The toilets are located on Platform 1. The National key toilets are located within the station café; these toilets are operated by a radar key.

+ Whistle Stop Cafe [The Whistle Stop Café is located in the main station building to the left of the main entrance and ticket office. Access is also available from the northbound platform. Opening hours will be detailed on the cafe door.], Station Buildings, Station Rd, Abergavenny NP7 5HS