Pontypool Crane Street
General information
LocationPontypool, Torfaen
Wales
Coordinates51°42′03″N 3°02′29″W / 51.7007°N 3.0414°W / 51.7007; -3.0414
Grid referenceSO281007
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMonmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway and Great Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway and GWR
Key dates
30 June 1852Opened
30 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
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Blaendare Road Halt   Great Western Railway
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company		   Wainfelin Halt
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