Opened : 1852,  Closed : 1962 (passengers) 1980 (coal), Engineering code : EVY, Length: 15m 12 ch

Constructed by the "The Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Company". This company was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway Company as from 1st August 1880 under the Great Western Monmouthshire Railway Company's Amalgamation Act 2nd August 1880. Passenger services ceased in 1941 north of Pontypool, and 1962 throughout.  The line from Newport to Cwmbran closed on 27 October 1963, with traffic being switched to the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway route. On 3 May 1980 the Big Pit closed, and with it the remainder of the railway line

	Much of the southern section of the route has been lost beneath road improvements, variously beneath the A4042 and A4051 roads between Newport Docks and Pontrhydyrun, halfway between Cwmbran and Pontypool.  Only a short section of trackbed remains through Malpas village and at the Llantarnam Road Tunnel.  Further pictures of the tunnel can be found here. The trackbed ran over the top of the M4 Brynglas tunnels, just above the portals.
	The trackbed is followable north from the former crossing at Bevan's Lane northwards to Pontymoel, near the site of Pontypool Blaendare Road station,  where it again disappears beneath road development. Much of the pathway has been surfaced and is maintained as a recreational route.
	Nothing remains of the site of Sebastopol Station, located to the south of the road overbridge.
	Panteg Engine Shed, located opposite the former steelworks site, remains as a local museum.  The steelworks were demolished during 2008.  A station was provided at the steelworks on the Pontypool to Newport mainline. This is derelict but the building remains, albeit decrepit and overgrown.  A gallery of Panteg Steelworks Station is here **Coming soon**
	Panteg Station building remains extant, and is used as the depot of a builder's company.
	To the north of Panteg, the area adjacent to the trackbed has been relandscaped, as this are formerly comprised exchange sidings and the former spur to join the Pontypool to Newport mainline. At the northern end of the relandscaped are, the trackbed goes over a 'topped' bridge and subsequently over the Monmouth and Brecon Canal and a parallel former tramway.  A separate footbridge over the canal has an old style weght limit sign, still in situ.  The trackbed can be followed as far as Staffprd Road, where the road takes over the trackbed as far as the site of Blaendare Road Station. A short section of the trackbed is passable to the north of Blaendare Road, along a footbridge over the route of the GWT Taff Vale Extension (Now the A472) towards the site of Crane Street Station, now demolished and replaced with the A4043 road.

North of Pontrhydyrun	North of Pontrhydyrun	South of Sebastopol	Site of Sebastopol Station
Sebastopol	Sebastopol	Panteg Engine Shed area	Former Engine Shed, now a museum
Panteg Station, now in commercial use	Panteg Station, now in commercial use	Panteg Station, now in commercial use	Site of former junction and sidings
Site of former junction and sidings	Site of former junction and sidings	New Road bridge	Griffithstown Area
Griffithstown Area	Griffithstown Area	Canal bridge	Canal bridge
Bridge over traway afjacent to canal	Weight Limit sign on adjacent road bridge over canal	Pontymoel Area	Stafford Road

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