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Newport Courtybella railway station
Newport Courtybella railway station (also known as ''Court-y-Bella'' and ''Cwrt-y-Bella'') was a temporary station opened by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company in central Newport, Wales.
==History==
A part of Monmouthshire at the time, the station was opened on 23 December 1850 as the temporary southern terminus of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company's Western Valleys line to . Situated from Newport, Courtybella was the point where the Monmouthshire Canal Tramway and the Sirhowy Tramroad met. The station was sited a little to the west of the junction between these two early tramroads which bore the name Courtybella.
Courtybella station was built by the contractors Rennie and Logan who provided platforms and an engine shed. The initial service consisted of two daily passenger trains each way with a total journey time of 1¾ hours. The service was extended to Ebbw Vale on 19 April 1852. An extra train was added to the timetable, so that services ran at 7.00am, 12.00pm and 4.45pm from Newport, and at 9.00am, 2.15pm and 6.45pm in the other direction. The train divided en route at , with one half continuing to Ebbw Vale via and Victoria, while the other half proceeded to Blaina via . At the time, the line had a gauge.
The temporary station at Courtybella was closed on 4 August 1852 when Newport Dock Street railway station was brought into use. In 1857, the wooden sheds and stone buildings at Courtybella were taken down and the material reused to provide carriage and wagon repair workshops at the Eastern and Western Valleys workshop in Bolt Street, Newport.
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