Pontypool Road railway station (site), Gwent
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Pontypool Road railway station (site), Gwent
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 14 Mar 2015
Opened in 1854 by the Newport Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway, this station closed in 1909 when it was replaced by a larger facility of the same name, some 300m behind the camera position. That second station is still in business, but was later called Pontypool & New Inn - see Image View south towards Panteg and Newport. The original line turned right here via Pontypool Clarence Street - all later obliterated by roads.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.695144
Longitude
-3.01779