entrance, as the station is unmanned. There is no level access, as the only means of reaching the platform is via a staircase from the subway passing beneath the tracks en route to/from the main entrance and car park on Station Road. In 2017, £500,000 refurbishment works were undertaken on the parking area outside the station. With a growth in commuters there was a need to increase the number parking bays. A consultation process was also undertaken to look into the option of opening a larger car park on the opposite side of the current one. The proposal was to utilise vacant scrub land and create a new larger car park that joined the A4042 dual carriageway that runs parallel to the station. As of September 2018 no decision has been made. Service On weekdays and Saturdays, there is generally a two hourly service between Holyhead and Cardiff in the middle of the day, with additional peak time services southbound in the mornings and northbound in the evenings for commuters to Newport and Cardiff. These include services between Manchester Piccadilly and West Wales via and . From December 2013 the evening northbound Arriva "Premier" service train began to call at Pontypool for the first time. The southbound service in the morning does not call here. On Sundays, an irregular service operates, with 8 trains calling southbound and 10 northbound. These mainly run between Manchester and Cardiff. References Bibliography External links A Short History of Pontypool Road Station Railway stations in Torfaen DfT Category F1 stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1909 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1909 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail Pontypool