Pontypool Crane Street railway station

Former railway station in Wales

51°42′03″N 3°02′29″W / 51.7007°N 3.0414°W / 51.7007; -3.0414Grid referenceSO281007Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMonmouthshire Railway and Canal CompanyPre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway and Great Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway and GWRKey dates30 June 1852Opened30 April 1962Closed

Pontypool Crane Street railway station served the town of Pontypool in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

Stations and junctions near Pontypool in 1909.
Stations and junctions near Pontypool in 1909.

History

With industry in the South Wales coalfield needing improved transport links the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company (MR&CC) opened the first line between Newport to Pontypool in 1852. The line initially terminated at Crane Street Station in Pontypool and was extended to Blaenavon in 1854. A second line, initially run by the LNWR and known locally as the "upper" or "high level" line, was opened in 1879 from just north of Crane St to Blaenavon High Level station and on to Brynmawr. The station was enlarged in 1894.[1]

Crane Street was on the Newport to Blaenavon line which closed for passengers in 1962 (passenger services on the line to Brynmawr had ended in 1941). Part of the station building was used in the creation of a station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway. The site of the station is now occupied by Tesco's car park in Pontypool.

References

  1. ^ Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901

External links

  • Photo at People's Collection Wales


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Blaendare Road Halt   Great Western Railway
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company 		  Wainfelin Halt