Lower Pontnewydd railway station

Lower Pontnewydd
Station site in 2012.
General information
Location	Pontnewydd, Torfaen Wales
Grid reference	ST297962
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 (1874-12-21)	Opened as "Pontnewydd"
1 January 1917	Closed
1 May 1919	Reopened
1 July 1925	Renamed
9 June 1958	Closed to passengers
25 January 1965	Closed to all traffic
Location

Lower Pontnewydd railway station was a railway station in the village of Pontnewydd in Torfaen, Wales. It was originally opened by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway. ^[1]

History

The station was opened as "Pontnewydd" by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway on 21 December 1874. ^{[2] [3]} After a period of temporary closure between 1917 and 1919, the station was renamed "Lower Pontnewydd" on 1 July 1925 to distinguish it from Upper Pontnewydd to the west on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal. ^{[2] [3]} The station closed to passengers on 9 June 1958, with the goods yard remaining in use until 25 January 1965. ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

The site was to the north of the overbridge on Station Road.^{[ citation needed ]} It is now partially used as a caravan storage business.^{[ citation needed ]} The twin track line remains in use.

When Cwmbran railway station was reopened by British Rail on 12 May 1986, ^{[7] [8]} it was at a site 300m to the south of Lower Pontnewydd.^{[ citation needed ]} The former station is on the Welsh Marches Line.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Panteg Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway		Llantarnam Line open, station closed

References

Notes

1. Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A3.
2. Butt 1995, p. 188.
3. Quick 2009, p. 260.
4. Butt 1995, p. 150.
5. Clinker 1988, p. 90.
6. "Cwmbran and its Railway Connections". cwmbran.info. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
7. Butt 1995, p. 75.
8. Quick 2009, p. 142.

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.

External links

• Aerial image at britainfromabove.org.uk
• Signal and track layout at the Signalling Record Society site
• Station, to the right, on navigable 1947 O. S. map

51°39′37″N3°00′59″W / 51.66019°N 3.01641°W / 51.66019; -3.01641