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.