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Newport, Abergavenny And Hereford Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Northbound train passes the former station at Pontrillas.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7060.jpg "Pontrillas")
![View north along the former island platform 3 at Abergavenny showing the far longer platform 1 stretching around the line's curve upto the up home signal. The prolific Buddleia is taking over part of the old trackbed.<br><br>[David Pesterfield //]](/images/35000/35292.jpg "Abergavenny")
![Dwarfed by the 1900 feet of the Sugar Loaf, <I>King George V</I> tackles Llanvihangel Bank just north of Abergavenny on its way towards Hereford with a steam special in 1983.<br><br>[John Thorn //1983]](/images/26000/26196.jpg "Abergavenny")
![King George V arrives at Abergavenny in 1983 before tackling the foothills of the Black Mountains [see image 26196].<br><br>[John Thorn //1983]](/images/63000/63467.jpg "Abergavenny")
![<I>'Errr... so tell me Ian, how are you at making tea?'</I> Everything back to normal as professional signalman David Vinsen regains control of Abergavenny box in March 1985. [See image 32284].<br>
<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /03/1985]](/images/32000/32283.jpg "Abergavenny")
!['Relief' signalman Dinmore (it was a relief when he stopped) during a spell of supervised activity at Abergavenny in 1985. [Editor's note: Ian tells me <I>'It's not often a driver rings up and swears at you... but I did forget he was there for a few minutes as I was busy nattering with the regular signalman'</I> ...a small red entry in the train register!] [See image 32283]<br>
<br><br>[Ian Dinmore Collection /03/1985]](/images/32000/32284.jpg "Abergavenny")
![Stanier Pacific no 6201 <I>Princess Elizabeth</I> passing Little Mill Junction, Monmouthshire, with a special in September 1987. The train is southbound on the Hereford - Newport main line with the Monmouth route (then cut back to RoF Glascoed) running off to the north east. The station at Little Mill Junction had closed in 1955. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore /09/1987]](/images/41000/41791.jpg "Little Mill Junction")
![Southbound through Pontrillas, once junction for Hay.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/06/2003]](/images/11000/11881.jpg "Pontrillas")
![Looking south to the site of Hereford Barton station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/9000/9867.jpg "Hereford Barton")
![Pontypool and New Inn looking south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/9000/9934.jpg "Pontypool and New Inn")
![Looking north from Hereford Barton. The line ran straight ahead to Shrewsbury. The line to the right runs to the present Hereford station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/10000/10013.jpg "Hereford Barton")
![Looking north along platform 1 at Abergavenny on 8 September 2007 as an Arriva Trains Wales service arrives at the station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 08/09/2007]](/images/36000/36825.jpg "Abergavenny")
![Arriva Trains Wales 175 111 at Abergavenny on 8 September.<br><br>[John McIntyre 8/9/2007]](/images/16000/16600.jpg "Abergavenny")
![A northbound train passes Pontrilas box (despite the name, just inside England) between Abergavenny and Hereford in the summer of 2008. The sawmill in the middle distance formerly received timber by rail from Scotland, with OTA wagons offloaded in the small yard hidden immediately to the left of the lower quadrant signals.<br><br>[David Spaven //2008]](/images/27000/27057.jpg "Pontrilas")
![The former Tram Inn station building (now used as part of Mill Garage) and signal box on the ex-GWR line between Hereford and Abergavenny.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21526.jpg "Tram Inn")
![Looking east across the level crossing at Tram Inn on 18 November 2008, with the station and signal box on the left and the old <I>Tram Inn</I> itself standing on the right.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21642.jpg "Tram Inn")
![175009 on an Arriva Trains Wales southbound service approaching Abergavenny on 19 November.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/11/2008]](/images/21000/21516.jpg "Abergavenny")
![Southbound 158839 is brought to a halt by a signal check at Pontrillas on its way to Cardiff on 19 November.<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/11/2008]](/images/21000/21559.jpg "Pontrilas")
![158822 departs north from Abergavenny on 19 November with a service to Holyhead. The length of the northbound platform is almost of Scarborough platform 1 proportions, with 2, 3 and 4 car sets that call here dwarfed!<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/11/2008]](/images/21000/21595.jpg "Abergavenny")
![The remains at Pontrilas (closed 1958) seen from above the tunnel mouth to the south of the station looking towards Hereford on 19 November 2008. The northbound platform edge has been cut back and the southbound platform has gone completely. <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/11/2008]](/images/21000/21617.jpg "Pontrilas")
![Arriva Trains 175101 southbound ex-Manchester Piccadilly arriving at Abergavenny on 27 May 2010, final destination Milford Haven.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 27/05/2010]](/images/29000/29122.jpg "Abergavenny")
![Freightliner 66957 with a northbound coal train from Portbury import terminal, about to pass through Abergavenny on 27 May 2010.<br><br>[Peter Todd 27/05/2010]](/images/29000/29138.jpg "Abergavenny")
![Extensive trackwork, points and lower quadrant signals to main line and up & down sidings immediately south of Abergavenny Station in July 2011. The signal box has had its moments... [see image 32284] <br><br>[David Pesterfield 14/07/2011]](/images/35000/35153.jpg "Abergavenny")
![Very tidy looking southbound platform building with waiting room at Abergavenny on 14 July. A former set of lines ran to the rear of the platform, with a platform 3 in existence prior to erection of this building up to the platform edge.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 14/07/2011]](/images/35000/35289.jpg "Abergavenny")
![This location isn't as sylvan as it looks - there are two tracks of railway and four busy lanes of road under that concrete bridge. Now that the former Pontypool Road station building has been demolished [see image 9934], and Crane Street station building removed, the only railway building left in the former 'Crewe of South Wales' is this station masters house, which was renovated in the late 1980s. Recent modifications have further changed the building's character, although the tile hung wall has obvious benefits when it rains.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 20/04/2014]](/images/47000/47112.jpg "Pontypool and New Inn")
![Black 5s 44871 and 45407 with a northbound special at Abergavenny on 29 November 2014, steadily climbing the gradient south of the station with lots of the right kind of noise and steam.<br><br>[Peter Todd 29/11/2014]](/images/49000/49590.jpg "Abergavenny")
![Two <I>steam specials</I> were meant to pass through Abergavenny on 29 November 2014. Only one made it unfortunately [see image 49590], with 5029 <I>Nunney Castle</I> failing its fitness test and being replaced by 67016, seen here heading north towards Abergavenney station on its way from Eastleigh to Shrewsbury.<br><br>[Peter Todd 29/11/2014]](/images/49000/49601.jpg "Abergavenny")
