"At last" after 4 months of trying to get information i have hit the

right site......



Can someone please help !!



The pontypool and Blanavon railway ran into TALYWAIN where did it go from there....Crane Street or Clarence Street.

Also was there a Railway from Talywain up the British mountain !!!



was there a station at Pontnewynedd from Where to Where !!



I am trying to retrace my steps as a young boy and names and places that i remember



Any other sites that may be able to help me!!!

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There were four stations called Pontypool in one form and another:


Pontypool (Crane Street) on the the old Mon Rly & Canal Coy Line


Pontypool (Clarence Street)on the Vale of Neath Line


Pontypool (Blaendare Road)also on the Mon


and the largest Pontypool Road, on the old NAHR


Photos of all four appear in Vol 1 and Vol 4 of the series by Mike Hale 'Steam in South Wales'(OPC) SBN 86093 112 9 and ISBN 0 86093 285 0.


Only Pontypool Road was ever rebuilt. Pontypool Road original station, South west of a road bridge, was replaced in 1909 with a new staion built on the other, North West, side.


At least one picure appears in each of Vol1 and Vol2 of 'Pictorial memories of old Pontypool' by Bryan Roden (Old Bakehouse Publications)isbn 874538 86 7 and isbn 1 874538 04 2


Hope this helps, mail me off-list if you need more help


Kind Regards


John Down

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hi does anyone have pictures of or know where I can get them of the original station in pontypool town

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