Pontrhydyrun 1st railway station (site), Gwent
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Pontrhydyrun 1st railway station (site), Gwent
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 14 Mar 2015
Opened in 1852 by the Monmouthshire Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway, on its line from Newport to Pontypool (Crane Street) and Blaenavon, this station closed in 1917. View south towards Upper Pontnewydd and Newport. Also, a later station was opened as Pontrhydyrun Halt in 1933, some 400m south of here. That in turn closed in 1962. The wall on the right may have been part of the northbound platform (confirmation required).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.671826
Longitude
-3.021317