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Pontrhydyrun Halt railway station was a railway halt which served the village of Pontrhydyrun near Cwmbran in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.[1]

Pontrhydyrun Halt
The site of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Pontrhydyrun, Torfaen Wales
Grid reference	ST294971
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
17 July 1933 (1933-07-17)	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 17 July 1933 on its line from Pontypool to Newport.[2][3] It closed on 30 April 1962.[2][3][4]

The 2 platform request halt lay along the current A4051 road, Cwmbran Drive, which largely follows the trackbed of the Monmouthshire Railway's Eastern Valley line.^{[citation needed]}

The station was the second to serve the area as a previous station named "Pontrhydyrun", which was situated 19 chains (380 m) to the north (51.671814°N 3.021381°W / 51.671814; -3.021381), had been opened by the Monmouthshire Railway on 1 July 1852 and closed on 1 January 1917.[2][3][5]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Sebastopol Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		Upper Pontnewydd Line and station closed

References

Notes

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

• Pictures and local information
• Picture of first station building remains in 2012
• Station on a navigable 1947 O.S. map

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