Llantarnam Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Llantarnam Junction

Opened on the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway.

Chronology Dates

  /  /1878Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
Connection made from Llantarnam Junction to Cwmbran Junction on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line. Great Western Railway trains divert to main Newport station.
27/10/1963Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Newport Mill Street to Cwmbran closed. Diversions of traffic by Maindee Junction and Llantarnam Junction.
03/05/1980Talywain Branch, Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
Closed at closure of Blaenavon Big Pit. Latterly accessed via Llantarnam Junction.