A report published by the South East Wales Transport Alliance (Sewta) in 2006 envisaged the extension of services on the Ebbw Valley Railway to Newport and the addition of new stations at and Pye Corner. It was forecast that 135,000 journeys would be made to and from Pye Corner which had a catchment population of 19,040 within and 4,312 within . Provision of the station was set as a priority in Sewta's Regional Transport Plan published in 2008 and the aspiration was reflected in Network Rail's Wales Route Utilisation Strategy published in November 2008. Land for the station was safeguarded in Newport City Council's Unitary Development Plan.