and Hereford Railway. Originally named Tredegar Junction, opened in 1857, it was renamed to Pontllanfraith in 1905, and then to Pontllanfraith Low Level in 1950. The various junctions around the station gave it access to both the Rhymney Railway and the Rumney Railway. The railway closed to most freight traffic on 9 June 1958, and the station was later closed on June 15 1964. Pontllanfraith is served by the following bus routes: 5 - Blackwood - Pant Estate (Stagecoach South Wales) 6 - Blackwood - Wyllie (Harris Coaches) 7 - Blackwood - Pontypridd (Harris Coaches) 9 - Blackwood - Penllwyn (Harris Coaches) 11 - Blackwood - Gelligaer (Harris Coaches) 26 - Blackwood - Cardiff (Stagecoach South Wales) 52 - Blackwood - Abertillery (Stagecoach South Wales) 56 - Tredegar - Newport (Stagecoach South Wales) 96 - Crosskeys - Tredegar (Stagecoach South Wales) 151 - Blackwood - Newport (Stagecoach South Wales) 901 - Blackwood - Ystrad Mynach Station (Adventure Travel) The 26 and 151 services are run by Stagecoach Gold, and the 901 is a rail linc service. Health Pontllanfraith is under the jurisdiction of the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Blackwood Medical Group, an approved training practice, runs two centres - Avicenna Medical Centre and Oakdale Medical Centre, with the former being situated in Pontllanfraith. Pontllanfraith Medical Centre is located on the same site and is contracted to provide core services such as immunisations, child health surveillance and limited minor surgery procedures alongside a number of additional services. Pontllanfraith Pharmacy, an independent NHS Community Pharmacy, is situated adjacent to Pontllanfraith Medical Centre. Sport Pontllanfraith Rugby Football Club run a number of teams, with the first fifteen playing their home matches at Islwyn Park. The club has been in existence for many years and the first entry on the captain's board relates to the season 1958–59. Ponllanfraith Diamonds Cycle Club founded by Roland Morgan in 1958, which spawned a number of successful cyclists until it disbanded in 1968. Pontllanfraith A.F.C. was a football club which operated from 1947 until 1992, when they merged with Fields Park Athletic A.F.C. to form Fields Park Pontllanfraith. The club was dissolved in 2005. Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre is situated on the same site as the former comprehensive school. Although still operational, Caerphilly County Borough Council has expressed intentions of closing it to invest the £125,000 annual running cost elsewhere. In 2019, a High Court bid to overturn