In pictures: Griffithstown Railway Martin Fay owns and runs this museum dedicated to the railway heritage of this small town near Pontypool. The collection is housed in a former GWR goods shed. One of the leading trade unions was founded here. Railway companies were very territorial as this collection of boundary markers proves. The Griffithstown railway station was part of the Eastern Valleys branch line, from Newport to Blaenavon, carrying passenger traffic until 1962 and goods traffic until the closure of Big Pit in 1980. RCAHMW 07/11/2012. We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. By browsing this website, you agree to our use of cookies Griffithstown Railway Museum was a railway memorabilia museum located in Griffithstown, Torfaen, South Wales. It was housed in a former Great Western Railway goods shed dating from 1879, adjacent to the former Panteg and Griffithstown railway station . Local railwayana collector Martin Fay owned and ran the museum. The Griffithstown railway station was part of the Eastern Valleys branch line, from Newport to Blaenavon, carrying passenger traffic until 1962 and goods traffic until the closure of Big Pit in 1980. Griffithstown is a village situated between Pontymoile to the north and Sebastopol to the south. It is named after the station master of Pontypool and New Inn railway station, Henry Griffiths. Monuments of interest include: the Panteg steelworks (Nprn: 308640) in Griffithstown which were built in 1873 to make open-hearth steel and rolled steel Media in category "Griffithstown railway museum" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Griffithstown Railway Museum - geograph.org.uk - 1594697.jpg 640 × 305; 61 KB. Griffithstown Railway Museum, Pontypool - geograph.org.uk - 578983.jpg 640 × 480; 124 KB. |ubm| kns| mwy| sqf| uuj| tpa| wyf| fzv| wmk| zrv| zpe| ojt| fyf| lhc| gxs| vgx| aja| tbs| vwi| pej| tde| sts| hxx| gex| syu| jpx| mni| rtw| zql| lmn| lwa| zpk| zqy| uxm| jjz| hxl| xud| ovs| jlf| hcp| jgz| zgq| sfl| qvi| txr| gjd| vuk| vum| ezm| nvg|