Chepstow (Cas-gwent) is a stop on the Gloucester - Newport Line in Monmouthshire between Lydney and Caldicot.
Transport for Wales 170 272 arrives at Chepstow
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Gloucester - Newport Line)
Station code:
CPW
Opened:
1850
Platforms:
2
The station was opened in 1850 by the Brunel's South Wales Railway, eventually linking South Wales to the Great Western Railway at Gloucester (Chepstow was the original eastern terminus of the line [1]). The railway (and Chepstow) became part of the GWR in 1863. The station retains it's original SWR station building though the footbridge is a standard GWR iron pattern one. The stone building on the other platform has been replaced by a modern shelter.
The station's goods yard was closed in 1969 [2] and the station became unstaffed. The station is managed by Transport for Wales and served by them and Cross Country.
Main station building
Under the footbridge
Another view of the footbridge
Old and new
Colas 43 272 leads a test train through Chepstow
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Gloucester to Cardiff (Middleton Press, 2005) Fig. 54
