Severn Tunnel Junction railway station
Severn Tunnel Junction 
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| Welsh: Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren | |
Severn Tunnel Junction station before the restoration of a fourth line and platform in January 2010
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| Location | |
| Place | Rogiet |
| Local authority | Monmouthshire |
| Coordinates | 51°35′03″N 2°46′38″W / 51.5842°N 2.7771°WCoordinates: 51°35′03″N 2°46′38″W / 51.5842°N 2.7771°W |
| Grid reference | ST462875 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | STJ |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.189 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.206 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.215 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.239 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.249 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1 December 1886 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Severn Tunnel Junction from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Severn Tunnel Junction railway station (Welsh: Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren) is a minor railway station on the western side of the Severn Tunnel serving the area of Rogiet, Monmouthshire, Wales. It lies at the junction of the South Wales Main Line from London and the Gloucester to Newport Line.
The next station to the west is Newport. The next stations to the east are at Pilning in South Gloucestershire (through the tunnel) and nearby Caldicot (on the Gloucester line).
The South Wales Main Line was opened through the village of Rogiet in 1850. At this time Rogiet was little more than a church and a farm, and the expansion of the village did not begin until after the opening of the station in 1886.
During construction of the Severn Tunnel, several maps were printed that labelled the new junction as Rogiet Station, although the station was always named Severn Tunnel Junction from the time that it opened to the public on 1 December 1886.
The junction system consisted of a five-platform station (four through, and an up facing bay), a railway depot, and a major goods yard. The purpose of the yard was to sort coal coming from the South Wales Coalfield to the London and the Midlands; while in reverse, it sorted goods from the rest of the UK to South Wales.
The goods yard was bombed during World War II, due to the large goods yard facility. From 1924 to 1966 Severn Tunnel Junction was the terminus of a car transport service through the tunnel to Pilning. The service was made redundant by the opening of the Severn Bridge in 1966.
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