Place Griffithstown Grid reference ST294989 Post-grouping Great Western Railway Original company Great Western Railway | Area Torfaen Pre-grouping Great Western Railway 1 August 1880 (1880-08-01) Opened as "Panteg" Platforms in use 2 | |
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Address Griffithstown, Pontypool NP4 5JR, UK People also search for Griffithstown Railway Museum, Pontypool and New Inn railway station, Big Pit National Coal Museum | ||
Panteg and Griffithstown railway station was a railway station which served Griffithstown near Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.
History
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1880 on its line from Pontypool to Newport. Originally known as "Panteg", it was renamed "Panteg and Griffithstown" on 20 October 1898. The station had replaced an earlier station serving the area on the parallel Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway to the east, which had opened in 1874. The second station closed to passengers on 30 April 1962 and to goods on 3 May 1965.
The platforms at the station were staggered and joined by a central footbridge. To the south was the goods shed, built in 18xx, and from 2002-2011 the home of the Griffithstown Railway Museum. The station was adjacent to the Panteg Steel Works, with sidings into the site. The works were also served from the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway line. To the north of the station was Coedygric Junction between the N&PR and PC&NR lines, and the southernmost part of the railway yard complex at Pontypool.
The trackbed has been redeveloped into a cycle path, and the steelworks have been demolished and replaced by housing. As of 2012, the 'up' platform and buildings remain, but in a poor state of repair.
In 2015 it was announced that the Dean Forest Railway planned to demolish the remaining station building and reconstruct it for use at a station on the future northern extension of their line which runs between Lydney Junction and Parkend in the Forest of Dean. The project is estimated to require GB£20,000 of funding.