Crosskeys railway station
Crosskeys railway station is a station serving the village of Crosskeys in the Caerphilly County Borough in Wales. It is on the Ebbw Valley Railway. The station is situated behind houses on Risca Road and Carlton Terrace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Caerphilly, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “CKY”, “Crosskeys Railway Station”, and “Crosskeys Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crosskeys College and Mynydd y Lan.
Crosskeys College
College
Coleg Gwent - Crosskeys is the largest campus of Coleg Gwent. It is located next to Risca Road in Crosskeys, near Newport in Wales. The college was previously a technical college and a coal mining college. Crosskeys College is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Crosskeys railway station.
Mynydd y Lan
Peak
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd y Lan is a 381-metre-high flat-topped hill in Caerphilly county borough in South Wales. It falls largely within the community of Ynysddu but its northern and eastern margins are within Crosskeys community.
Mynydd Machen
Peak
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Machen or Machen Mountain is a 362-metre-high hill lying between the town of Risca and the village of Machen in Caerphilly County Borough in south Wales. Its summit is crowned by a trig point and a mast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wattsville and Cwmcarn.
Wattsville
Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wattsville is a small village in the Sirhowy Valley, eight miles north west of Newport, built in the 20th century for accommodation for mine workers.
Cwmcarn
Village
Photo: Darius Khan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmcarn is a village situated in the Ebbw valley in south Wales, in the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It grew with 19th-century coal mining, but is now known for its extensive mature forestry and greenery, that attract thousands of visitors and mountain biking enthusiasts each year.
Risca
Town
Photo: Rudi Winter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Risca is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough and within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. It is split into two communities; Risca East and Risca West.
Crosskeys railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Crosskeys, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.62076° or 51° 37′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.12584° or 3° 7′ 33″ westElevation
236 feet (72 metres)Operator
Transport for Wales RailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“CKY”Open location code
9C3RJVCF+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 9448626339OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Crosskeys railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Crosskeys”
- French: “Crosskeys”
- French: “gare de Crosskeys”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Crosskeys”
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