Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
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The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway was incorporated on 3 August 1846, and was to create a rail link from Newport in a northerly direction to Hereford. In 1847 the Act was passed for the Taff Vale Extension, from Coedygric North Junction, Pontypool westwards to the Taff Vale Railway at Quakers Yard.
The railway company was formed by the amalgamation of the Hereford Railway, the Llanfihangel Railway and the Grosmont Railway. A joint opening with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway took place on December 6, 1853.
On 2 January 1854 the line opened from Hereford to Coedygric, Pontypool on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line. The station at Abergavenny was opened.
In 1860 the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway merged with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and Worcester and Hereford Railway to form the West Midlands Railway.
On 1 October 1862 Abergavenny Junction was opened to the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway. Abergavenny Junction closed in 1958.
On 9 June 1958 the majority of stations on the line were closed to goods traffic.
