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Location | Pontypool, Torfaen Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51°41′51″N 3°00′48″W / 51.6974°N 3.0133°W | ||||
Grid reference | SO300003 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
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Station code | PPL | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1854 | Opened as Pontypool Road | ||||
1972 | Renamed Pontypool | ||||
1 March 1909 | resited | ||||
1994 | Renamed Pontypool and New Inn | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 87,170 | ||||
2020/21 | 27,766 | ||||
2021/22 | 77,550 | ||||
2022/23 | 109,042 | ||||
2023/24 | 121,254 | ||||
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Pontypool and New Inn railway station (Welsh: Pont-y-Pŵl a'r Dafarn Newydd) is situated to the south east of Pontypool town centre between the town and the suburb of New Inn, Wales. The station was formerly called Pontypool Road until renamed just Pontypool in 1972 and then to the present name in 1994.
It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is managed by Transport for Wales, who operate all trains serving it. It lies on the Welsh Marches Line from Newport to Crewe.