[1] The station was opened by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway on 21 December 1874.

[3] Pont-y-carnedd is shown near the railway on the 1882 1:2,500 Ordnance Survey map, just to the north of Llanvihangel Llantarnam.

[4][2] The station closed to passengers on 30 April 1962,[2][4] with the goods yard remaining in use until 7 September 1963.

[5] The 2 platform station lay to the north of the current Newport Road bridge, and alongside the Burton's biscuit factory.

[citation needed] Further north at Llantarnam Junction, the extension line built by the Great Western Railway, opened in April 1878, diverged to the north west towards Cwmbran (GWR) railway station.