A second exodus of people moving from Bristol across the Severn Estuary is in the offing after the UK and Welsh governments announced a new study that could see five new train stations created on the main line that runs between Bristol and Cardiff.
The two governments are investing £2.7 million into the study, which will look at options for new stations and new services on the South Wales Main Line, with the aim to reduce the amount of congestion on the M4 between the bridge and the Welsh capital.
Since the tolls on both Severn bridges were scrapped in December 2018, and with property and rent prices soaring in Bristol, there’s been a migration of people moving out of Bristol to towns like Chepstow, Caldicot, Monmouth, Newport, Cwmbran and Magor but still commuting back to Bristol just 15 or 20 miles away.
