Llantarnam railway station

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Llantarnam
Railway lines, Llantarnam - geograph.org.uk - 1763040.jpg
Site of the station today
LocationLlantarnam, Torfaen
Wales
Grid referenceST307936
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
21 December 1874 (1874-12-21)Opened
30 April 1962Closed to passengers
7 September 1963Closed to goods

Llantarnam railway station in Llantarnam village, Cwmbran in Torfaen, South Wales, UK was built as part of the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway.[1]

History[]

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 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.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Lower Pontnewydd
Line open, station closed
 		  Great Western Railway
Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
 		  Ponthir
Line open, station closed
Cwmbran (GWR)
Line and station closed
 		   

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Conolly 2004, p. 43, section A3.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Butt 1995, p. 147.
  3. ^ "Tenders and Contracts". South Wales Daily News (1, 520). Cardiff: David Duncan & Sons. 6 January 1877. p. 1, col. 6. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Quick 2009, p. 252.
  5. ^ Clinker 1988, p. 79.

Sources[]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • 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[]

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

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