Pontypool & New Inn

[TheWalrus]

Hi

I've been wondering as this seems a very little used station; every time I've passed through only about one person gets on or off.

Does anyone know which services are slightly better used by pontypool customers, and where most of the passengers go?

Cheers

Ryan

 

[HSTfan!!!]

tbh I find it has such a poor service, I probably get asked for it on a shift maybe once or twice?

 

[TheWalrus]

tbh I find it has such a poor service, I probably get asked for it on a shift maybe once or twice?

Are you a traincrew member for ATW?

 

[HSTfan!!!]

not traincrew but yes I work for them

 

[Techniquest]

Peak time trains through Pontypool and New Inn certainly see a fair few get on or off. Never kept track of it when I used the line in past years but never went through with just one person getting on or off.

Services aren't that bad there, 2 hourly on the Holyhead to Cardiff and vice-versa services (with calls in other services during the peaks) isn't what I'd call a bad service.

Now Melksham, however, is an entirely different matter. That truely is one of the worst served stations in the land.

 

[TheWalrus]

Where do they go?

 

[Greenback]

Before Beeching, when the station was called Pontypool Road, it was a very busy place. There have been a few articles in Backtrack about the station and loco depot there.

It's quite sad to see it now. No facilities, just a bus shelter. The location of the station doesn;t help. It's some way away from Pontypool itself, although closer to New Inn, which was only added to the name in the 1990's IIRC.

 

[HSTfan!!!]

Now Melksham, however, is an entirely different matter. That truely is one of the worst served stations in the land.

ahem, pilning?

Where do they go?

into pontypool I would imagine

 

[Techniquest]

Pilning, good point. Make Melksham the second worst served station in the land then. If not, the Western Region.