Pontypool and New Inn railway station
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| Pontypool and New Inn | |||
| Pont-y-pŵl | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Pontypool | ||
| Local authority | Torfaen | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | PPL | ||
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 39,876 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 36,922 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1852 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pontypool and New Inn from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Pontypool and New Inn railway station (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl a New Inn) is situated to the east of Pontypool town centre between the town and the suburb of New Inn.
It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Arriva Trains Wales. It lies on the Welsh Marches Line line from Newport to Crewe.
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[edit] History
The station was originally established by the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway and named Pontypool Road; common in railway parlance when the station is situated away from the centre of the town served.
[edit] GWR
Subsequently, it became part of the Great Western Railway.
Pontypool had more centrally-located stations on branch lines, including Pontypool Blaendare Road, Pontypool Clarence Street and Pontypool Crane Street, but with the closing of many branch lines in the 1960s under the Beeching axe Pontypool Road, as a main-line station, was the only one remaining.
In 1972 it was renamed to simply Pontypool, the name it retained until it was refurbished in 1994 and was given its current geographically descriptive name.
The village of Griffithstown, now a substantial part of Pontypool, was named after Henry Griffiths, the first stationmaster at Pontypool Road Station.
ROF Glascoed munitions and armaments factory was once served by the Monmouth branch from the mainline at Little Mill
[edit] Facilities
The station has limited facilities due to its small size today and lack of great commuter use. There is a shelter that serves both as a public latrine, and a shelter for both platforms and a public telephone on the station subway.
[edit] Service
Mondays to Saturdays
A two hourly service between Holyhead and Cardiff Central & Cardiff Central and Holyhead, with an hourly peak time service in both directions.
Sundays
An irregular service operates.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Pontypool and New Inn railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Cwmbran | Arriva Trains Wales Cardiff-Manchester Piccadilly |
Abergavenny | ||
