Lower Pontnewydd railway station

The station was opened as "Pontnewydd" by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway on 21 December 1874.^[2][3] After a period of temporary closure between 1917 and 1919, the station was renamed "Lower Pontnewydd" on 1 July 1925 to distinguish it from Upper Pontnewydd to the west on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal.^[2][3] The station closed to passengers on 9 June 1958, with the goods yard remaining in use until 25 January 1965.^[4][3][5][6]

The site was to the north of the overbridge on Station Road.^{[citation needed]} It is now partially used as a caravan storage business.^{[citation needed]} The twin track line remains in use.

When Cwmbran railway station was reopened by British Rail on 12 May 1986,^[7][8] it was at a site 300m to the south of Lower Pontnewydd.^{[citation needed]} The former station is on the Welsh Marches Line.

• 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.

• Aerial image at britainfromabove.org.uk
• Signal and track layout at the Signalling Record Society site
• Station, to the right, on navigable 1947 O. S. map

51°39′37″N 3°00′59″W / 51.66019°N 3.01641°W / 51.66019; -3.01641