Nantyderry railway station

Nantyderry
A Northbound train passes the site of the station at Nant-y-derry, November 2006
General information
Location	Nant-y-derry, Monmouthshire Wales
Coordinates	51.7494°N 2.9703°W / 51.7494; -2.9703
Grid reference	SO331060
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854	Opened
9 June 1958	Closed

Nantyderry railway station was a former station which served the Monmouthshire village of Nant-y-derry. It was located on the Welsh Marches Line between Pontypool and Abergavenny.

The station closed in 1958. The double line remains in use.

The adjacent Foxhunter Inn was originally the tea-room for the station.

An accident occurred to the north of the station on 12 November 1858, killing 2 passengers. A southbound passenger train came off the line, due to a broken spring on the locomotive. As people were escaping, the wreckage was hit by a northbound goods train that could not stop in time.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2005). Hereford to Newport. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 37-44. ISBN 9781904474548. OCLC 318952259.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Penpergwm Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway		Little Mill Junction Line open, station closed