Pontypool and New Inn train station
You can reach 66 stations directly from Pontypool and New Inn on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abergavenny, with 41 trains a day.
See Pontypool and New Inn on the map
Address: Station Approach, New Inn, NP4 0QX
Pontypool and New Inn is the nearest station for postcodes in NP4, NP15. Check your own postcode.
- 66 direct destinations
- 1,635th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free throughout
- 152 parking spaces
- 1 bus stop nearby
Direct trains from Pontypool and New Inn
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abergavenny | 41 | 40 | 24 |
| Cardiff Central | 41 | 40 | 24 |
| Cwmbran | 41 | 40 | 24 |
| Newport | 41 | 40 | 24 |
| Hereford | 40 | 40 | 24 |
| Ludlow | 38 | 37 | 22 |
| Shrewsbury | 38 | 37 | 22 |
| Craven Arms | 32 | 33 | 15 |
| Church Stretton | 32 | 33 | 14 |
| Leominster | 31 | 30 | 21 |
| Crewe | 21 | 20 | 17 |
| Chester | 18 | 17 | 5 |
| Nantwich | 18 | 16 | 3 |
| Gobowen | 15 | 14 | 4 |
| Wrexham General | 15 | 14 | 4 |
| Bangor | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| Chirk | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| Colwyn Bay | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| Flint | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| Holyhead | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| Llandudno Junction | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Prestatyn | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| Rhyl | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| Ruabon | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| Stockport | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Wilmslow | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Whitchurch | 14 | 12 | 3 |
| Llanfairpwll | 13 | 14 | 4 |
| Valley | 13 | 14 | 3 |
| Bodorgan | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| Rhosneigr | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| Ty Croes | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| Wem | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Bridgend | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| Carmarthen | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Llanelli | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Neath | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| Port Talbot Parkway | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| Gowerton | 6 | 0 | 0 |
and 26 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Pontypool and New Inn
Pontypool and New Inn is on the Welsh Marches Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Pontypool and New Inn station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Pontypool and New Inn station on 155 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 29 paths on the Wednesday, 10 paths on the Saturday and 8 paths on the Sunday. 23 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 14:00 to 15:00 on the Monday, with 5 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Pontypool and New Inn station is
127,216 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,635th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Pontypool and New Inn and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 53,720 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 50 stations instead of 66, a drop of about 24%. Saturday runs to 55.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Pontypool and New Inn loses 2 destinations including Milford Haven, Johnston.
Nearest other stations
- Cwmbran 2.8 miles
- Llanhilleth 5.2 miles
- Newbridge 6.0 miles
- Crosskeys 7.2 miles
- Risca and Pontymister 7.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Pontypool and New Inn, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Blaendare Road Halt · 0.9 miles
- Panteg and Griffithstown · 1.0 miles
- Pontypool Clarence Street · 1.0 miles
- Pontypool Crane Street · 1.2 miles
- Sebastopol · 1.5 miles
- Little Mill Junction · 1.6 miles
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Facilities at Pontypool and New Inn station
Pontypool and New Inn is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Parking at Pontypool and New Inn station
- Station Car Park (station approach) 23 spaces, 2 accessible
free - Pontypool and New Inn Park and Ride ( accessed via the A4042) 129 spaces, 10 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 14 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 September 2026.
Getting to Pontypool and New Inn station
Pontypool and New Inn station is in Torfaen - Torfaen, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J25A (Grove Park), 6.5 miles south.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Pontypool and New Inn Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Pontypool and New Inn station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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