Bassaleg Junction was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

which served the village of

Bassaleg Bassaleg ( cy, Basaleg) is a suburb on the west side of Newport, Wales. It is in the Graig electoral ward and community.Bassaleg is located two miles northwest of Newport city centre. Bassaleg is bounded by the A467 road (A4072) to the east, the ...

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

History

The station was opened by the

Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company was a canal and railway company that operated a canal and a network of railways in the Western Valley and Eastern Valley of Newport, Monmouthshire. It started as the Monmouthshire Canal Navigation and op ...

on 21/23 December 1850. It appeared in timetables as "Rhymney Junction" before changing to "Bassaleg Junction" in 1858. At times, the station was sometimes referred to in Bradshaw as "Rhymney Junction for Bassaleg and Machen" and at times spelt as "Bassalleg". The line was worked by the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

from 1 August 1875 and it later took over the Monmouthshire Railway with effect from 1 August 1880. The station closed to goods traffic on 1 September 1898. The station closed as a wartime measure between 1 January 1917 and 1 March 1919. It closed on 30 April 1962, leaving the line to remain open for goods traffic.

Present day

Trains on the

Ebbw Valley Railway The Ebbw Valley Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Cwm Ebwy) is a branch line of the South Wales Main Line in South Wales. Transport for Wales Rail provides an hourly passenger service each way between Ebbw Vale Town and Cardiff Central, and an hourl ...

pass along the old line, which was upgraded to deal with the new traffic after its use as a freight line for defunct Ebbw Vale steel works for several years. The site has housed four large self-built houses since around 1989. The old lantern room, used by railway workers to lunch, has recently been renovated by the current owners of the house on whose land it sits. The building has been painted the old Great Western Railway colours (light stone and dark stone) and a historic replica railway sign reading 'Pye Corner' is visible from the road, named after the street address and road junction. A station named opened close to the site of Bassaleg Junction in 2014.

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Station on a navigable 1947 O.S. map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bassaleg Junction Railway Station Disused railway stations in Newport, Wales History of Monmouthshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962