Llantarnam railway station

Llantarnam
Llantarnam
	Site of the station today
General information
Location	Llantarnam, Torfaen ; Wales
Grid reference	ST307936
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 December 1874	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed to passengers
7 September 1963	Closed to goods

Last updated October 06, 2022

Llantarnam railway station in Llantarnam village, Cwmbran in Torfaen, South Wales, UK was built as part of the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway.^[1]

History

The station was opened by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway on 21 December 1874.^[2] The Great Western Railway advertised in January 1877 for tenders for the construction of a station and station yard at Pontygarnedd.^[3] Pont-y-carnedd is shown near the railway on the 1882 1:2,500 Ordnance Survey map, just to the north of Llanvihangel Llantarnam. It first appeared in Bradshaw in August 1878.^[4] The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company had opened a station with the same name on its line to Newport Mill Street on 1 July 1852;^[2] this closed on 11 March 1880 when the line was diverted.^[4]^[2]

The station closed to passengers on 30 April 1962,^[2]^[4] with the goods yard remaining in use until 7 September 1963.^[5]

The 2 platform station lay to the north of the current Newport Road bridge, and alongside the Burton's biscuit factory.^{[ citation needed ]} Further north at Llantarnam Junction, the extension line built by the Great Western Railway, opened in April 1878, diverged to the north west towards Cwmbran (GWR) railway station.^[1] The former station is located on the Welsh Marches Line.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Lower Pontnewydd Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway		Ponthir Line open, station closed
Cwmbran (GWR) Line and station closed				Ponthir Line open, station closed

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References

Notes

1 2 Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A3.
1 2 3 4 Butt 1995, p. 147.
↑ "Tenders and Contracts". South Wales Daily News . No. 1, 520. Cardiff: David Duncan & Sons. 6 January 1877. p. 1, col. 6. Retrieved 4 January 2018– via Welsh Newspapers Online.
1 2 3 Quick 2009, p. 252.
↑ Clinker 1988, p. 79.

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Clinker, C.R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC 655703233.

Conolly, W. Philip (2004) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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[FOOTNOTEConolly2004p._43,_section_A3-1] 1 2 Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A3.

[FOOTNOTEButt1995147-2] 1 2 3 4 Butt 1995, p. 147.

[3] "Tenders and Contracts". South Wales Daily News . No. 1, 520. Cardiff: David Duncan & Sons. 6 January 1877. p. 1, col. 6. Retrieved 4 January 2018– via Welsh Newspapers Online.

[FOOTNOTEQuick2009252-4] 1 2 3 Quick 2009, p. 252.

[FOOTNOTEClinker198879-5] Clinker 1988, p. 79.

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