Newport railway station

Newport is a major interchange: 199 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Cardiff Central, with 265 trains a day.

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Address: Queensway, Newport, NP20 4AX

Newport is the nearest station for postcodes in NP20, NP19, NP18. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Newport

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Cardiff Central	265	234	172
Severn Tunnel Junction	93	83	46
Bristol Temple Meads	71	65	53
Filton Abbey Wood	70	63	50
Bridgend	66	60	52
Bristol Parkway	65	42	37
Cheltenham Spa	62	63	22
Gloucester	62	64	27
London Paddington	62	40	35
Port Talbot Parkway	61	55	51
Neath	60	54	51
Swansea	60	54	51
Swindon	60	40	36
Abergavenny	59	57	43
Cwmbran	59	57	43
Hereford	59	57	43
Reading	59	40	36
Ludlow	57	54	41
Shrewsbury	57	54	41
Crewe	54	51	33
Chepstow	53	55	17
Leominster	48	46	33
Lydney	44	46	17
Craven Arms	42	42	28
Church Stretton	42	42	27
Pontypool and New Inn	42	40	28
Patchway	39	32	24
Caldicot	36	38	17
Bath Spa	35	30	17
Bradford-on-Avon	33	30	17
Trowbridge	33	30	17
Westbury	33	30	17
Birmingham New Street	32	31	10
Crosskeys	32	32	12
Ebbw Vale Town	32	32	12
Ebbw Vale Parkway	32	32	12
Llanhilleth	32	32	12
Newbridge	32	32	12
Pye Corner	32	32	12
Risca and Pontymister	32	32	12

and 159 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Newport is

2,817,472 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 196th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 563,224 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Newport and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 1,065,106 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 142 stations instead of 199, a drop of about 29%. Saturday runs to 168.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Newport gains 3 destinations including Stapleton Road, Lawrence Hill, Glasgow Central and loses 3 including Milford Haven, Johnston, Exton.

Nearest other stations

Pye Corner 1.8 miles
Rogerstone 2.9 miles
Risca and Pontymister 4.1 miles
Cwmbran 4.8 miles
Crosskeys 5.8 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Newport, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Newport Mill Street · 0.3 miles
Marshes Turnpike Gate · 0.4 miles
Newport Dock Street · 0.7 miles
Newport Courtybella · 0.8 miles
Newport West Central · 1.2 miles
Somerton railway station, Newport · 1.5 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.