Upper Pontnewydd railway station

Upper Pontnewydd railway station in Pontnewydd village, Cwmbran in Torfaen, South Wales, UK was part of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company's Eastern Valley line from Newport to Blaenavon.

[1] The station was opened as "Pontnewydd" on 1 July 1852 by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company.

[5][2] From 1874, the village was also served by Lower Pontnewydd on the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway.

[6][4][7] The 2-platform station lay to the north of the Commercial Street road bridge, while the goods yard was to the south.

[citation needed] Branch sidings served the Redbrook (Tynewydd) and Avondale tin plate works to the north east.