Cefntilla Halt was a request stop on the former

Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway The Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway (CMU&PR) was a standard gauge railway of which ran from Monmouth to Little Mill, near Pontypool in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was intended to convey the mineral products of the Forest of Dean to th ...

. It was opened on 27 March 1954 and was open for less than two years, closing in 1955 when the railway closed. It was not near any particular village but was located near Cefntilla Court, the family seat of the Somerset family, the current holders of the title

Baron Raglan Baron Raglan, of Raglan in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 October 1852 for the military commander Lord FitzRoy Somerset, chiefly remembered as commander of the British troops d ...

and relatives of the

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. It was construction was first suggested by

FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan FRAI (10 June 1885 – 14 September 1964) was a British soldier, author, and amateur anthropologist. His books include ''The Hero, A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama'' and ''Monmouthshire Houses'', wi ...

to the BR in 1953 to bring needed passenger traffic to the line, which was under threat of closure.Stanley C Jenkins, ''The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line'', revised second edition 2009, It was located about 9 miles and 66

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from Monmouth Troy. The halt consisted of only a single wooden platform with a length of only , a platform lamp and a name-board.

References

Disused railway stations in Monmouthshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1954 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955 Railway stations opened by British Rail {{Wales-railstation-stub