Abergavenny

Abergavenny

 

About this station

Platform 1 towards Hereford is step-free to the platform,
Platform 2 towards Newport/Cardiff has SFA via a barrow crossing - usable under ticket office staff or train crew supervision only
The existing access arrangements at the railway station are not suitable for all rail passengers who use Abergavenny Railway Station, and therefore do not comply with legislation and rail standards. Whilst there is step-free access into the station building, the existing arrangement for step-free access to Platform 2 requires a staff member to assist the passenger crossing the barrow crossing, incurring significant risks and inconvenience. (Network Rail, quoted in Abergavenny Chronicle, March 2023)

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Progress

Plans first drawn up in 2010 but failed due to lack of listed building consent.
 
The new bridge will be located on the north side of the station house, which is the opposite end to the existing listed [GWR] footbridge, and though it will require the platform retaining wall to be demolished and a new access to platform one both are described as of “little significance to the listing building”.

Network Rail has said the plans will not impact any other listed buildings. The bridge will be screened, by trees, from the listed Great Western hotel and while the station forecourt borders the town’s conservation area the proposed development is outside of the boundary.

Abergavenny and District Civic Society has welcomed the bridge but said it is concerned the “large structure” may be visible from many parts of the town and nearby countryside and has suggested officers seek confirmation on its scale. (Abergavenny Chronicle, March 2023)
 
One Network Rail page says completion by the end of Winter 2024, and another says completion by March 2025.

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Description of passengers being unable to board if there’s 1 member of staff on the station only. The quotes imply guards can assist passengers off the train via the Barrow crossing, but not to board the train.
 

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