Editing Pontypool (section)

===Transport===
The industries of the area necessitated good transport links. A network of tramroads was established throughout the Pontypool area to connect sites of extraction to the centres of the production and subsequently to export, and market routes. The construction of the [[Monmouthshire Canal]] during the 1790s connected Pontnewynydd to Newport and later connected with the [[Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal]] at [[Pontymoile]] in 1812. Tramroads leading from industrial areas within an eight-mile radius of the canal converged at either Pontnewynydd or Pontymoile.<ref name="Cadw 2012, pp.16-18">Cadw (2012), pp.16–18</ref>

The tramroads and canals were superseded by the railways in the mid-nineteenth century. From 1845, work commenced on establishing [[Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company|a railway from Pontypool to Newport]]. The line opened to passengers in 1852 and connected with [[Blaenavon Low Level railway station|Blaenavon]] in 1854. It eventually came under the management of the [[Great Western Railway]]. Another line was constructed during the 1860s and 1870s to connect [[Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway|Pontypool with Newport via Caerleon]]. Connections were also made with Abergavenny, Hereford and the Taff Vale. Pontypool had three railway stations, namely [[Pontypool Crane Street railway station|Crane Street]], [[Pontypool Clarence Street railway station|Clarence Street]] and [[Pontypool and New Inn railway station|Pontypool Road]]. Line closures during the 1960s greatly reduced the valley's railway connections, which were replaced by modern roads. The only passenger line still operating within Pontypool is at an unstaffed station in New Inn.<ref name="Cadw 2012, pp.16-18"/> [[Pontypool and New Inn railway station|Pontypool & New Inn station]] is on the [[Welsh Marches Line]] with trains provided by [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]].