Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway.html



The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway was incorporated on 3 August 1846, and was to create a rail link from Newport in a northerly direction to Hereford. In 1847 the Act was passed for the Taff Vale Extension, from Coedygric North Junction, Pontypool westwards to the Taff Vale Railway at Quakers Yard.

Taff Vale Extension Line depicted West to East

Legend Pontypool Road Pontypool Clarence St Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Crumlin Valley Colliery Hafodyrynys Platform Glyn Tunnel, 280y Crumlin Viaduct Beaufort Ironworks Tramway River Ebbw Crumlin High Level Treowen Pentwynmawr Pontllanffraith Low Level Hengoed Viaduct Rhymney Railway Cylla branch to Penallta Colliery Hengoed High Level Llancaiach Trelewis Treharris Quaker's Yard Low Level

The railway company was formed by the amalgamation of the Hereford Railway, the Llanfihangel Railway and the Grosmont Railway. A joint opening with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway took place on December 6, 1853.

On 2 January 1854 the line opened from Hereford to Coedygric, Pontypool on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line. The station at Abergavenny was opened.

In 1860 the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway merged with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and Worcester and Hereford Railway to form the West Midlands Railway.

On 1 October 1862 Abergavenny Junction was opened to the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway. Abergavenny Junction closed in 1958.

On 9 June 1958 the majority of stations on the line were closed to goods traffic.

External links

• Account of the opening at Hereford
• RAILSCOT page
• RAILSCOT page for the Taff Vale Extension