Ebbw Vale bus station


Ebbw Vale bus station, also known as Inner Bypass, is a bus terminus located in the town centre of Ebbw Vale, South Wales.

Background

Ebbw Vale is a town at the head of the Ebbw Valley, from the south of the Brecon Beacons National Park. As such the town is the northern terminus of services through the valley towards Cardiff, Caerphilly, and Cwmbran, as well as having services to Tredegar and Abergavenny.
The bus interchange is approximately from the recently opened Ebbw Vale Town railway station which provides services to Cardiff Central railway station, and in 2021 to Newport railway station.
In 2019 residents in the nearby area complained at cuts to bus services by operator Stagecoach South Wales which had left them "like prisoners in their own village". The town of Cwm has been reduced to one bus each hour on weekdays, and no services on Sunday. The town's evening services are already subsidised by Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council who state they are unable to further subsidise services to towns on the route.

Layout

The sits on an island in the centre of the A4046 through the town, and faces the line of retail businesses along the road. As such it is referred to on maps as "Inner Bypass" station.
The station has six bus stands, identified as numbers 1-5.

Destinations

Ebbw Vale is the terminus for a number of Stagecoach services, and serves as an interchange for travellers headed to Tredegar and Abergavenny.
OperatorNumberOriginStandDestinationJourney timeFrequency
Stagecoach South WalesE2Ebbw ValeStop 1Mountain Air Gate9 minutesEvery 20 minutes
Stagecoach South WalesE2Mountain Air GateStop 6Ebbw Vale9 minutesEvery 20 minutes
Stagecoach South WalesE3Ebbw ValeStop 2Brynmawr via Cwm63 minutesHourly
Stagecoach South WalesE3BrynmawrStop 2Ebbw Vale via Cwm63 minutesHourly
Stagecoach South WalesE4Ebbw ValeStop 5Garn Lydan14 minutesEvery 30 minutes
Stagecoach South WalesE4Garn LydanStop 2Ebbw Vale15 minutesEvery 30 minutes
Stagecoach South WalesX4Ebbw ValeStop 6Cardiff via Tredegar and Ashvale97 minutesEvery 30 minutes
Stagecoach South WalesX4Cardiff via Tredegar and AshvaleStop 3Ebbw Vale96 minutesEvery 30 minutes
Phil Anslow CoachesE11Ebbw ValeStop 3Tredegar25 minutesHourly
Phil Anslow CoachesE11TredegarStop 3Ebbw Vale25 minutesHourly
Stagecoach South WalesX4AbergavennyStop 3Ebbw Vale via Brynmawr72 minutesEvery 2 hours
Stagecoach South WalesX4Ebbw ValeStop 3Abergavenny via Brynmawr72 minutesEvery 2 hours
Stagecoach South Wales97Peacehaven Court, TredegarStop 4Ebbw Vale15 minutesTwo daily
Stagecoach South Wales97Ebbw ValeStop 2Peacehaven Court, Tredegar15 minutesTwo daily

Railway station

provides rail transport to destinations on the Ebbw Valley railway line, which include Cardiff Central, Newport, and infrequent services to Bridgend.
The station is an eight-minute walk from the bus station. The town has a large number of car parking facilities near to the station.