:Pontrhydyrun Halt railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Pontrhydyrun Halt
| status = Disused
| image = Pontrhydyrun 2nd railway station (site), Gwent (geograph 4387606).jpg
| caption = The site of the station in 2015
| borough = Pontrhydyrun, Torfaen
| country = Wales
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|ST294971|25|ST294971}}
| platforms = 2
| original = Great Western Railway
| years = {{Start date|1933|07|17|df=yes}}
| events = Opened
| years1 = 30 April 1962
| events1 = Closed
}}
Pontrhydyrun Halt railway station was a railway halt which served the village of Pontrhydyrun near Cwmbran in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.{{sfn|Conolly|2004|loc=p. 43, section A3}}
History
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 17 July 1933 on its line from Pontypool to Newport.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=316}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=188}} It closed on 30 April 1962.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=316}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=188}}{{sfn|Clinker|1988|p=110}}
The 2 platform request halt lay along the current A4051 road, Cwmbran Drive, which largely follows the trackbed of the Monmouthshire Railway's Eastern Valley line.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
The station was the second to serve the area as a previous station named "Pontrhydyrun", which was situated {{convert|19|chain|m}} to the north ({{coord|51.671814|N|3.021381|W|region:GB|display=inline}}), had been opened by the Monmouthshire Railway on 1 July 1852 and closed on 1 January 1917.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=316}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=188}}{{sfn|Clinker|1988|loc=p. 171, note 2820}}
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{Rail line|next={{rws|Upper Pontnewydd}}
Line and station closed
|previous={{rws|Sebastopol}}
Line and station closed
|route=Great Western Railway
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
|col={{GWR colour}} }}
{{s-end}}
References
=Notes=
{{reflist}}
=Sources=
- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{Clinker-Stations|year=1988}}
- {{Cite book|last1=Conolly|first1=W. Philip|title = British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer|year=2004|orig-year=1958|publisher=Ian Allan|location=Hersham, Surrey|isbn=978-0-7110-0320-0}}
- {{Quick-Stations}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130121092711/http://www.cwmbran.info/Cwmbran%20Railway%20Connections.htm Pictures and local information]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/16498755@N07/6917651782/ Picture of first station building remains in 2012]
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#327,197,1 Station on a navigable 1947 O.S. map]
{{coord|51.66776|N|3.022265|W|region:GB|display=title}}
Category:Disused railway stations in Torfaen
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1933
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962
Category:Former Great Western Railway stations