Newport (South Wales) train station
Newport is a major interchange: 201 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 264 trains a day.
Address: Queensway, Newport, NP20 4AX
Newport is the nearest station for postcodes in NP20, NP19, NP18. Check your own postcode.
- 201 direct destinations
- 196th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 253 parking spaces
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Newport (South Wales)
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Central | 264 | 204 | 140 |
| Severn Tunnel Junction | 93 | 79 | 46 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 71 | 64 | 52 |
| Filton Abbey Wood | 70 | 62 | 50 |
| Bridgend | 66 | 51 | 52 |
| Bristol Parkway | 65 | 42 | 31 |
| Gloucester | 64 | 34 | 16 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| London Paddington | 62 | 40 | 30 |
| Neath | 61 | 51 | 51 |
| Port Talbot Parkway | 61 | 51 | 51 |
| Swansea | 60 | 51 | 51 |
| Swindon | 60 | 40 | 30 |
| Reading | 59 | 40 | 30 |
| Abergavenny | 58 | 57 | 31 |
| Cwmbran | 58 | 57 | 31 |
| Hereford | 58 | 57 | 31 |
| Ludlow | 56 | 54 | 29 |
| Shrewsbury | 56 | 54 | 29 |
| Chepstow | 55 | 34 | 16 |
| Leominster | 47 | 46 | 26 |
| Lydney | 46 | 34 | 16 |
| Craven Arms | 41 | 42 | 17 |
| Church Stretton | 41 | 42 | 16 |
| Pontypool and New Inn | 41 | 40 | 24 |
| Patchway | 39 | 32 | 24 |
| Caldicot | 38 | 34 | 16 |
| Crewe | 37 | 36 | 24 |
| Bath Spa | 34 | 30 | 26 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 33 | 30 | 26 |
| Trowbridge | 33 | 30 | 26 |
| Westbury | 33 | 30 | 26 |
| Birmingham New Street | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| Crosskeys | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| Ebbw Vale Town | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| Ebbw Vale Parkway | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| Llanhilleth | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| Newbridge | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| Pye Corner | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| Risca and Pontymister | 32 | 32 | 11 |
and 161 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Newport (South Wales)
Newport is on the South Wales Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Newport (South Wales) station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Newport (South Wales) station on 683 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 125 paths on the Wednesday, 56 paths on the Saturday and 24 paths on the Sunday. 170 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 03:00 to 04:00 on the Friday, with 11 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Newport (South Wales) station 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: 117 stations instead of 201, a drop of about 42%. Saturday runs to 112.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Newport gains 1 destination including 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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Facilities at Newport (South Wales) station
Newport is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:45 to 19:50 · Saturday: 06:30 to 19:50 · Sunday: 08:00 to 19:35
Toilets
Parking at Newport (South Wales) station
- Short Stay
- Godfrey Road 253 spaces, 6 accessible
Cycle parking: 62 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 August 2026.
Getting to Newport (South Wales) station
Newport station is in Newport - Casnewydd, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J26 (Malpas Interchange), 0.8 miles north-west.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Queensway Q8.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Newport (South Wales) station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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