Significant progress has been made at Cwmbran station as works to make them fully accessible continue.

Network Rail has successfully installed the lift shafts and staircases on platforms 1 and 2.

The company welcomed Torfaen MP Nick Thomas-Symonds to the station to show him the lift shafts and to discuss the upcoming work. 

The staircases have now been installed, with the trestles and main span to follow over the coming weekends to complete the structure for the new footbridge and lifts.


Part of the Cwmbran station car park will be closed during the delivery of the crane and bridge element.

Network Rail's contractor Centregreat has been on site in Cwmbran since October 2023, with the piling and groundwork substantially complete, and the lift shafts and staircases now installed. All the work is due to be completed by late summer 2024.

Nick Thomas-Symonds said: "I was delighted to be invited by Network Rail to visit Cwmbran train station to see the progress on the installation of the footbridge and lifts, which will make the station fully accessible for passengers.

"A number of constituents have raised this issue with me since I was elected in 2015, so I am pleased to see this work being carried out.

"I look forward to visiting again when the footbridge and lifts are completed and thank you to everyone involved who has allowed us to get to this stage."