| 词条 | Panteg and Griffithstown railway station |
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|name = Panteg and Griffithstown |image_name= |caption = Looking south showing the staggered platform layout and the line to Panteg Steel Works on the left. |original = Great Western Railway |pregroup = Great Western Railway |postgroup = Great Western Railway |locale = Griffithstown |borough = Torfaen |gridref = ST294989 |platforms = 2 |years = {{Start date|1880|08|01|df=yes}} |events = Opened as "Panteg" |years1 = 20 October 1898 |events1 = Renamed |years2 = 30 April 1962 |events2 = Closed to passengers |years3 = 3 May 1965 |events3 = Closed to goods }} Panteg and Griffithstown railway station was a railway station which served Griffithstown near Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.{{sfn|Conolly|2004|loc=p. 43, section A2}} HistoryThe station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1880 on its line from Pontypool to Newport.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=304}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=180}} Originally known as "Panteg", it was renamed "Panteg and Griffithstown" on 20 October 1898.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=304}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=180}} The station had replaced an earlier station serving the area on the parallel Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway to the east, which had opened in 1874.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=304}}{{sfn|Conolly|2004|loc=p. 43, section A2}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=180}} The second station closed to passengers on 30 April 1962 and to goods on 3 May 1965.{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=304}}{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=180}}{{sfn|Clinker|1988|p=106}}[1] The platforms at the station were staggered and joined by a central footbridge.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} To the south was the goods shed, built in 1879, and from 2002-2011 the home of the Griffithstown Railway Museum.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} The station was adjacent to the Panteg Steel Works, with sidings into the site.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} The works were also served from the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway line.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} To the north of the station was Coedygric Junction between the N&PR and PC&NR lines, and the southernmost part of the railway yard complex at Pontypool.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} The trackbed has been redeveloped into a cycle path, and the steelworks have been demolished and replaced by housing.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} As of 2012, the 'up' platform and buildings remain, but in a poor state of repair.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} In 2015 it was announced that the Dean Forest Railway planned to demolish the remaining station building and reconstruct it for use at a station on the future northern extension of their line which runs between {{stnlnk|Lydney Junction}} and {{stnlnk|Parkend}} in the Forest of Dean. The project is estimated to require {{GBP}}20,000 of funding.[2] {{clear}}{{Disused Rail Start}}{{Rail line two to one|next={{rws|Sebastopol}}Line and station closed |col={{GWR colour}}|previous1={{rws|Blaendare Road Halt}} Line and station closed |route1=Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company |previous2=Pontypool Road Line closed, station open |route2=Great Western Railway Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway }}{{s-end}} ReferencesNotes1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.ribblevalleyrail.co.uk/Bridges%20South%20Wales.htm | title = Upper Pontnewydd to Pontypool | accessdate = 2013-06-01 | last = Haworth | first = Brian | date = 24 February 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Fundraising bid to move historic Griffithstown railway station|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/13640578.Fundraising_bid_to_move_historic_railway_station/|accessdate=2 September 2015}} Sources
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