Railway company advises council on new station plan

Herefordshire train operator Transport for Wales has confirmed it is advising the council on creating a new railway station in the county.

The site of the proposed Golden Valley Parkway has yet to be determined, but those in favour of the project have questioned Herefordshire Council on how the £50,000 of funding was being spent.

Campaigner for a new station, Gill Jinman, asked the council's cabinet member for transport, Philip Price, if funding allocated to the project had been spent, given the failure to progress the business case.

Mr Price said the council "supports this as a strategically important proposal for the county and wider region, and we await the results of the TfW study of routes".

He added that the study would "determine if there remains any capacity for an additional station between Abergavenny and Hereford".

"Once this has been completed, the council will be in a better position to understand the work required to identify a potential location for the station and the merits of a full business case," he said.

A spokesperson for TfW confirmed it was advising Herefordshire Council "in their ambitions to improve transport in the Pontrilas area".

"Transport for Wales is considering ways to improve local/regional and intercity travel on the Marches route, which could offer more opportunity to incorporate future station schemes in the medium to longer term as part of long-term planning," they said.

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