RAILSCOT | Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway

Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway

Dates

02/06/1856	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Opened from Little Mill Junction, Pontypool, to Usk.
12/10/1857	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Extended from Usk to Monmouth (Troy).
31/12/1860	Railway Clearing House By this date, Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock, Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway, Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock, Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway, Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway, Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Great Western Railway, Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway, Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Railway, North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway, Rhymney Railway, South Wales Railway, Stamford and Essendine Railway, Taff Vale Railway, Vale of Clywd Railway and Warrington and Stockport Railway join.
/ /1861	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway West Midland Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway leased by the West Midland Railway.
/ /1873	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Branch to Coleford opened.
30/05/1955	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Newport to Monmouth Troy closed to passengers.
24/04/1961	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Workers trains cease to serve Gascoed Royal Ordnance Factory.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Pontypool to Monmouth

Little Mill Junction

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Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway

Stanier Pacific no 6201 Princess Elizabeth passing Little Mill Junction, Monmouthshire, with a special in September 1987. The train is ...
Ian Dinmore /09/1987

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Glascoed Halt

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Usk

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The goods shed at Usk was at a lower level than the station, and on the far (Pontypool) side of the River Usk. It was used as a garage; but as the ...
Ken Strachan 20/04/2019

Looking East across the River Usk bridge towards the disused Usk station platforms and subsequent tunnel. The trackbed can be walked through the ...
Ken Strachan 21/04/2019

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And there it was - gone! The lovely station building at Raglan has recently been demolished see image 26282. [The demolition seemed to have been ...
John Thorn 05/02/2013

Raglan Station building has survived as a road maintenance depot. Much of the A40/A449 between Usk and Monmouth is built around the formation of the ...
John Thorn 11/05/2006

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Elms Bridge Halt

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Dingestow

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Monmouth Troy

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We should be able to enjoy this kind of view again ere long. This is the Wye viaduct on the Ross line, seen from the viaduct on the Tintern and ...
Ken Strachan 21/04/2019

It's always good to see young people using old railway lines, if only for impromptu social gatherings. An app of youngsters gather on the viaduct ...
Ken Strachan 20/04/2019

The description 'picture postcard view' hardly does justice to this wonderful view of the viaduct on the Monmouth to Ross line, seen from the ...
Ken Strachan 20/04/2019

Just off the Eastern end of the platforms at Monmouth Troy, the railway split to head for Ross-on-Wye (left) or Chepstow (right). The PW hut is ...
Ken Strachan 20/04/2019

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Wyresham Halt

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Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway

Dates

Portions of line and locations

Pontypool to Monmouth

Little Mill Junction

Glascoed Halt

Usk

Cefn Tilla Halt

Llandenny

Raglan Road Crossing Halt

Raglan

Elms Bridge Halt

Dingestow

Monmouth Troy

Wyresham Halt

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