Llantarnam railway station

The station was opened by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway on 21 December 1874.^[2] The Great Western Railway advertised in January 1877 for tenders for the construction of a station and station yard at Pontygarnedd.^[3] Pont-y-carnedd is shown near the railway on the 1882 1:2,500 Ordnance Survey map, just to the north of Llanvihangel Llantarnam. It first appeared in Bradshaw in August 1878.^[4] The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company had opened a station with the same name on its line to Newport Mill Street on 1 July 1852;^[2] this closed on 11 March 1880 when the line was diverted.^[4][2]

The station closed to passengers on 30 April 1962,^[2][4] with the goods yard remaining in use until 7 September 1963.^[5]

The 2 platform station lay to the north of the current Newport Road bridge, and alongside the Burton's biscuit factory.^{[citation needed]} Further north at Llantarnam Junction, the extension line built by the Great Western Railway, opened in April 1878, diverged to the north west towards Cwmbran (GWR) railway station.^[1] The former station is located on the Welsh Marches Line.

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• Pictures and local information
• Station on a navigable 1947 O.S. map

51°38′14″N 3°00′10″W / 51.6372°N 3.0027°W / 51.6372; -3.0027