{"id":9460,"date":"2025-12-04T07:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T07:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=9460"},"modified":"2025-12-04T07:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T07:47:07","slug":"bam-gets-green-light-for-140m-cardiff-central-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/bam-gets-green-light-for-140m-cardiff-central-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"BAM gets green light for \u00a3140m Cardiff Central revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAM has got the green light to start the \u00a3140m overhaul of Cardiff Central after the Government approved the final business case for Wales\u2019 busiest station.<\/p>\n

Work will begin in spring 2026 on a major rebuild delivering a new southern entrance, a larger concourse and an extended platform 0 to ease chronic congestion for the 35,000 passengers using the station each day.<\/p>\n

The \u00a3140m package includes nearly \u00a378m from the UK Government, \u00a340m from Cardiff Capital Region and \u00a321m from the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n

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The upgrade forms part of a wider \u00a3445m rail investment programme bringing new stations and more services across Wales.<\/p>\n

BAM and Transport for Wales will roll out new gate-lines, expanded circulation space, upgraded waiting areas, improved retail units and fresh cycle storage, helping to fix long-standing overcrowding and boost accessibility.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Central station \u2013 northern entrance and new platform 0 building<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said the rebuilt station would offer a modern gateway to the capital, while Welsh transport cabinet secretary Ken Skates said the approvals marked a major step in tackling historic rail underfunding.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Central station northern booking hall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Main works will run to 2029, modernising the station while respecting its heritage and providing capacity for long-term passenger growth.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/cTisE2M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAM has got the green light to start the \u00a3140m overhaul of Cardiff Central after the Government approved the final business case for Wales\u2019 busiest station. Work will begin in spring 2026 on a major rebuild delivering a new southern entrance, a larger concourse and an extended platform 0 to ease chronic congestion for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-9460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9461,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460\/revisions\/9461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}