Bassaleg
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Bassaleg (Welsh: Basaleg) is a small urban area on the west of the city of Newport. If lies in the Graig electoral district (ward) and community (parish).
Bassaleg is roughly bounded by the A467 road (A4072) to the east, the railway spur to Lower Machen (the former Brecon and Merthyr Railway) to the north, the St Mellons Road (B4288) to the south and Rhiwderin to the east.
The A468 road passes through towards Caerphilly and junction 28 of the M4 motorway is less than a mile to the south.
As Bassaleg lies near the junction of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway and Great Western Railway it used to have two stations (Bassaleg and Bassaleg Junction), although they were both victims of the Beeching Axe in the 1960s. As the Ebbw Valley Line is being reopened, there are plans for a station at Pye Corner on the former GWR line.
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