Glyn Abbey railway station was opened in 1909[2] as Pontnewydd Halt[3] It continued to serve the inhabitants of the Pont-newydd area and hinterland between 1909 and 1943; it was one of several basic halts opened on the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

The station was opened as Pontnewydd on 2 August 1909 by the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway on the Kidwelly and Burry Port section of the line and was closed by the Great Western Railway in 1943 with the last passenger train on the line running nearly ten years later on Saturday 19 September 1953.

[1] It was on the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway with Trimsaran Road located to the south and Pontyates to the north of the East Kidwelly Junction.

Glyn Abbey was a country house located nearby and linked directly to Pont-newydd by a footpath.

[4] The railway was originally a freight only line,[6] built on the route of an old canal and prone to flooding, but stations were established due to pressure from the public.