How To Reach Newport, Wales United Kingdom
How to Reach Newport, Time to Reach Wales United Kingdom by Bus, Train, Flight, Air, Texi, Cab, Timing and Schedule
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Newport by Road:
Bus services are primarily provided by the council-owned Newport Transport under the Newport Bus brand. Other operators include Stagecoach in South Wales, Veolia Transport Cymru and Cardiff Bus. Newport bus station is to be redeveloped. National Express operate cross-country coach services from the city.
Newport by Train:
Newport railway station is connected directly to the South Wales Main Line branch of the Great Western Main Line, Welsh Marches Line and Gloucester to Newport Line. Rogerstone railway station on the Ebbw Valley Railway reopened in 2008. Services currently run between Ebbw Vale and Cardiff via Rogerstone. The reconnection of Newport station to the Ebbw Valley Railway via Rogerstone station is under consideration, but no decision will be made until at least 2011.
Newport by Air:
The nearest airport with scheduled domestic and international flights is Cardiff Airport, 30 miles (48 km) south west of Newport. In 2003, a proposal for a new Severnside airport near Newport was rejected by the Department for Transport. The airport would have featured runways on a man-made island in the Severn Estuary