Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
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The Pontypool, Caerleon & Newport Railway was incorporated on 5th July 1865 by the Pontypool Caerleon and Newport Railway Act.
On 17th September 1874 the railway opened to goods traffic from Pontypool South Junction to Maindee Junction in Newport.
On 21st December 1874 the line was opened from Pontypool North Junction to Panteg Junction. Passenger trains started to use the line and run to Newport station on the South Wales Railway over the St. Julian's railway bridge.
From 1875 the London and North Western Railway used the line from Shrewsbury to Newport Mill Street.
The 9.75 miles of railway passed to the Great Western Railway on 13th July 1876.
In 1878 a connection was made from Llantarnam Junction to Cwmbran Junction on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line.
Pontypool Road station opened on 1st March 1909.
Passenger stations existed at:
- Newport High Street
- Caerleon
- Ponthir
- Llantarnam
- Lower Pontnewydd (at Station Road, Pontnewydd)
- Pontypool Road
The line remains in use today as a section of the Welsh Marches Line.
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