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Beyond Newport: Griffithstown’s Rich Railway Heritage

2 April 2025 10

Henry Griffiths

Griffithstown village is named after Henry Griffiths, the first stationmaster of Pontypool Road Station. It was also the birthplace of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen (ASLEF) in 1880.

A tablet inside St Hilda’s Church in Kemys Street commemorates Henry Griffiths as church warden.

Griffithstown Railway Museum: Opened in 2002, the museum was housed in a restored Great Western Railway goods shed from 1879. It showcased a collection of railway memorabilia, including a complete station master’s office. Sadly, financial pressures led to its closure in January 2011, and the building has since been converted into a preschool.