Lower Pontnewydd railway station was a railway station in the village of

Pontnewydd Pontnewydd is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, south-east Wales. It should not be confused with Pontnewynydd in nearby Pontypool. An 18th century settlement within the historical parish of Llanfrechfa Upper, Pontnewydd beca ...

Torfaen Torfaen (; cy, Torfaen ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south ...

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

, UK, originally opened by the

Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway The Pontypool, Caerleon & Newport Railway was promoted independently to relieve congestion on the heavily worked Eastern Valley Line of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company. The Great Western Railway put up half the capital, making it in e ...

History

The station was opened as "Pontnewydd" by the

on 21 December 1874. After a period of temporary closure between 1917 and 1919, the station was renamed "Lower Pontnewydd" on 1 July 1925 to distinguish it from to the west on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal. The station closed to passengers on 9 June 1958, with the goods yard remaining in use until 25 January 1965. The site was to the north of the overbridge on Station Road. It is now partially used as a caravan storage business. The twin track line remains in use. When

Cwmbran railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Cwmbran railway station, Monmouthshire (geograph 4387665).jpg , borough = Cwmbran, Torfaen , country = Wales , coordinates = , ...

was reopened by

British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

on 12 May 1986, it was at a site 300m to the south of Lower Pontnewydd. The former station is on the Welsh Marches Line.

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Aerial image at britainfromabove.org.uk
* ttp://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#329,196,1 Station, to the right, on navigable 1947 O. S. map Disused railway stations in Torfaen Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 Former Great Western Railway stations Cwmbran {{Wales-railstation-stub