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negotiate with the R&SBR for control. In 1906 agreement was reached by which the GWR took over the management of the R&SBR system in return for generous financial guarantees. The colliery activity in the area was at its peak and the R&SBR directors were able to use this fact to the advantage of their shareholders in the negotiation. The ordinary dividend of the R&SBR had been 1.5% in 1902; the GWR now guaranteed 3% rising to 5% in 1907. This was in effect a lease; the arrangement took effect from 30 June 1906.
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was reached with the Great
Western Railway by which the GWR would carry the R&SBR traffic between Port Talbot and the R&SBR lines at Swansea. (The existing GWR main line largely paralleled the proposed R&SBR line.) This enabled the abandonment of the plans to reach Briton Ferry and to make the tunnel, and the company's capital was reduced accordingly, by the
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GWR main line, then running northwards, following close on its east side through Briton Ferry village. It was difficult to make a route through this section, as the GWR line, housing and industrial works were all close together; in fact the route picked its way at the back of houses, and the station was on an embankment between two rows of houses.
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Swansea to Treherbert passenger service was diverted away, to use Swansea High Street station, running via Neath and the GWR main line; a shuttle service of GWR railcars ran from Briton Ferry to Swansea East Dock station instead of Riverside, which was closed to passengers. This change took place
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Passenger services through to
Swansea started on 14 March 1895, with passenger trains now diverted away from the Aberavon Dock station and calling at a new Aberavon Seaside station. Swansea itself was reached for the time being over the Swansea Harbour Trust lines. Also on 14 March 1895 the R&SBR
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Further construction involved the long tunnel, and inevitably the progress was slow. The rock was extremely hard and the height of the surface above the tunnel prevented the sinking of shafts, so that tunnelling could only proceed from the two ends. 1,100 men were engaged on the work, and compressed
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line ran parallel and adjacent from Cymmer to
Blaengwynfi. When expensive repairs to Gelli Tunnel and Groeserw Viaduct on the R&SBR line became necessary in 1960, one and a half miles (2.4 km) of the R&SBR line was closed, and the GWR line was used. The L&OR line was connected into
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had numerous branches in the lower part of the area of the R&SBR main line, and from near
Pontrhydyfen to Port Talbot the two lines ran close together in the valley, although the PTR followed a much more tortuous alignment. In 1954 a connection was installed near Pontrhydyfen and the lower part
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In 1906 the new trunk route to
Fishguard opened, with GWR hopes of making the harbour there an ocean terminal. Congestion delaying express trains through the Swansea area was an issue, and acquiring the R&SBR simplified the building of the Swansea District Line, a long new line avoiding Swansea
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The passenger train service at this time was typically seven trains daily each way between
Swansea and Treherbert; two trains ran on Sundays. The R&SBR and the Taff Vale Railway had a mutual arrangement to run trains through between Swansea and Cardiff via Treherbert; the two companies' rolling
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The difficulties in the way of obtaining possession of the land for the construction of the
Rhondda tunnel having been to some extent removed, the directors hope they will shortly obtain possession so as to enable them to proceed with the work, which the engineers are confident can now be completed
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opened as far as
Swansea on 2 June 1850. This was the first trunk railway in South Wales and provided a huge boost to trade there; from that time development of the dock facilities and of industry proceeded rapidly. The North Dock was opened in 1852, and the Swansea Harbour Trust was established in
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to operate the line and guarantee good dividends from 1906. The GWR incorporated the line's infrastructure in widening its own lines at Court Sart and at
Swansea docks. As it was heavily dependent on coal mining activity, the line declined sharply after 1945, and it was progressively truncated. The
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From this time the GWR drafted in three new 45xx 2-6-2T locomotives, 4504–4506, for use on the passenger trains. The Taff Vale Railway did not consider the GWR a friendly company, and the TVR reminded the GWR that the agreement to use Treherbert TVR station was with the R&SBR, not the GWR: the
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A branch connection was made from Aberavon (Burrows Junction) to Briton Ferry Dock on 30 December 1893; the line swept to the west of the GWR main line. The line towards Swansea opened on 14 December 1894 to goods; it left the Briton Ferry Dock line (at Briton Ferry Junction) and crossed under the
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The access to Swansea was of course important both to the railway and to the dock complex there, and in 1883 a further Bill was promoted, to reach Swansea by tunnelling under the River Neath. Against technical opposition, this was passed. The tunnel would have cost £72,000 and in fact an agreement
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If a proportion of the Rhondda coal traffic could be brought to Swansea instead, that would be hugely to the advantage of the Swansea Dock interest, but it would be dependent on a direct railway from the Rhondda to Swansea. On 12 November 1880, as the Prince of Wales Dock was nearing completion, a
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The remaining parts of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway still in use are the section from Court Sart Junction to Dynevor Junction that has become part of the Swansea District Line, and part of the Jersey Marine complex. The Neath Swing Bridge is on the District Line section; it was fixed about
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At the turn of the century new railways were proposed which were likely to enable the Barry Railway to encroach on the GWR area of dominance at Swansea. The R&SBR was a possible means of getting this access if another railway could get control, or running powers, and this motivated the GWR to
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The R&SBR built its own line covering the final mile to its Riverside station at Swansea, opening on 7 May 1899 and eliminating the reliance for passenger trains on the Swansea Harbour Trust lines. On the same day several short branches totalling 1 mile 60 chains (2.8 km) were
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The engineer for the construction was S. W. Yockney. The first section of line, between Aberavon and Cymmer, was opened for traffic on 2 November 1885, giving improved access to the exceptionally rich coalfields in the Avon Valley. This section of the route followed the course of the old Cwmavon
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The bills went to the parliamentary session of 1882 and the R&SBR scheme found preference, but there was stiff opposition from interests in Neath. They wished to develop their own wharf facilities, and a combination of resentment of the competition from Swansea and discomfort that the swing
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with the intention of encouraging industrial investment that would reduce the high level of unemployment at the time. The Great Western Railway took up this scheme, and among other projects, improved the infrastructure in the Swansea and Port Talbot areas. The main line east from Swansea was
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was the longest wholly in Wales, at 3,443 yards (1.956 mi; 3.148 km). The Taff Vale station at Treherbert was used as the terminal station, and from there one-quarter mile (0.40 km) of Taff Vale track was used to reach Blaenrhondda Junction (later R&SB Junction), where the
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The relationship with the GWR for onward conveyance of mineral traffic from the R&SBR line proved disadvantageous to the R&SBR, and in 1891 it was decided to cancel the agreement with them regarding the conveyance of R&SBR traffic, and on 27 June 1892 powers were obtained in the
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exceptionally congested with mineral traffic, impeding the passage of the premium express passenger trains. The section between Court Sart and Port Talbot was widened, subsuming all of the former R&SBR infrastructure in the Court Sart and Briton Ferry area into the main line there.
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The Rhondda Tunnel Society was formed in September 2014. The short-term goal of the society was to put on display the tunnel's original cover stone which stood above the entrance of the tunnel at Blaencwm. The society is campaigning to reopen the tunnel as a cycle and walking route.
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The R&SBR line from Aberavon crossed under the GWR main line approaching Briton Ferry, but the R&SBR had always had a spur to Briton Ferry Docks on the down side of the line. The scheme altered the two lines to form a burrowing junction for the R&SBR line joining the GWR.
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near the sea by a tidal bridge. From Treherbert the line would descend almost all the way, giving an advantage to the loaded trains descending, although much of the colliery output in the Rhondda Valley would have to be hauled uphill to Treherbert to join the line there.
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that had been in existence since about 1750. In 1824 transport efficiency was improved by the opening of what became known as the Cwmavon Tramroad, three miles (4.8 km) in length and again horse-operated. The iron company expanded and became known as Vigurs and Co.
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Considerable investment was made in the GWR dock facilities at Swansea, especially in modern mechanical handling equipment and adaptation to the changing pattern of mineral exports. The numerous small-scale marshalling yards at the Burrows (the R&SBR section near
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and both parts of the River Neath, then turning south and then west to Danygraig. Danygraig was within the Swansea Harbour complex, giving access to mineral trains to the Swansea Harbour Trust lines there. The main part of the Neath River was crossed by the large
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A rival scheme, which was to become the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, was promoted, running independently from Treherbert, through a long tunnel to the valley of the River Afan, and then following the valley down to Pontrhydyfen. From there it was to cross to
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The R&SBR part of the Bridgend - Cymmer - Treherbert journey was suspended temporarily on 26 February 1968 after distortion was recorded in the lining of Rhondda Tunnel which was closed as a precaution. The line had already been cited for closure under the
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Cymmer; opened 2 November 1885; renamed Cwm Cymmer 1924; renamed Cymmer Afan 1926; amalgamated with Cymmer General (former L&OR), as Cymmer Afan, January 1950; closed to public 22 June 1970; school use until 14 July 1970; divergence of L&OR line to
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and Neath. A tunnel would be needed at the upper end, and a rope-worked incline on the SWMR would have to be by-passed by means of a deviation. Nonetheless use of the Mineral Railway would still pose considerable operational difficulties.
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the R&SBR station, and east of the station a slue was made into the GWR line. A new junction was made some distance west of Blaengwynfi, where the two routes separated once again. The new arrangement was commissioned on 13 June 1960.
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The line was extended southwards from Aberavon to a dock in Port Talbot and a passenger station named Aberavon Dock was established there; this section opened in 1891. The GWR main line was crossed on the level by this extension.
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141:. The Cardiff system had long suffered from extreme congestion of the railways serving the docks there, and of the berthing accommodation itself, with the result that there were constant complaints from shippers of the delay.
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air drills, then something of a novelty, and blasting, were employed. The tunnel was finally ready in 1890, the open air section from Cymmer to Blaengwynfi opening on 2 June 1890, followed by opening through the tunnel to
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R&SBR itself started. A stiff climb followed to the mouth of the Rhondda Tunnel, and the climb continued in the tunnel, to the summit at the south-western end at Blaengwynfi. From there the line descended steeply.
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bridge crossing would impede their own river traffic, resulted in objection to their river being crossed near its mouth, and the promoters of the R&SBR shortened the scheme to end at Briton Ferry. Accordingly, the
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c. clxxix) to extend the R&SBR line from Briton Ferry to Swansea, including a swing bridge near Neath, which by now was accepted by the community there. Finally in June 1893 a further act of Parliament, the
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altogether. The convergence (in the up direction) of the new route with the former South Wales Railway main line at Court Sart was by means of a dive-under, by following the course of the R&SBR line.
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On 3 December 1962 the passenger service between Swansea and Cymmer was withdrawn; the R&SBR route east of Cymmer continued to be served by trains from Bridgend off the L&OR route via Maesteg.
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c. cci) was passed on 10 August 1882; as well as the main line, it authorised branches from Pontrhydyfen to Aberavon and Port Talbot. The Cwmavon Tramway was to be acquired by the new company.
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The R&SBR company remained in existence, as a financial company only; it was absorbed by the Great Western Railway in the Grouping of the railways of Great Britain in 1923, following the
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Swansea Riverside; R&SBR service to East Dock opened 14 March 1895; own terminus 7 May 1899; renamed Swansea Docks 1924; renamed Swansea Riverside 1926; closed 11 September 1933.
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Rhondda Tunnel suffered a collapse in 1968 and the upper part of the line closed. A short section of the original route is in use near Briton Ferry and in the Swansea docks complex.
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The R&SBR Neath branch had been a goods only line since 1935; on 6 September 1965 it closed completely except for a stub serving a private siding (until 30 November 1983).
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An Act to authorise the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company to construct new Railways and other works and to confer further powers upon that Company and for other purposes.
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The line remained in use from Duffryn Rhondda downwards for mineral traffic, but with the steep decline of colliery work locally, that section closed on 2 November 1964.
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Two original Rhondda and Swansea Bay coaches have survived into the present day. Coaches No. 18 and No. 72 now stand in private residence as holiday homes.
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c. cv) that the essential junction with the Taff Vale Railway at Treherbert was authorised in Parliament. In 1890 some short extension lines were authorised by the
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on 11 September 1933. (East Dock station closed to passengers on 28 September 1936.) On 16 September 1935 the R&SBR Neath branch closed to passenger traffic.
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public meeting was held in Swansea at which it was proposed to build a railway connecting the upper end of the Rhondda Fawr to Swansea, by making use of the
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Although coal and iron had been extracted for some centuries, the first industrialisation of mining in the
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had intended to bring the South Wales Railway across the river at this point, but he too had been refused.
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latter had to rebrand the locomotives and renumber them in the R&SBR stock, as 31–33, to comply.
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stock alternated on these trains, running throughout, but engines always changed at Treherbert.
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An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles
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Court Sart; opened 14 March 1895; closed 16 September 1935;
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Pontrhydyfen; opened 25 June 1885; closed 3 December 1962;
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in 1890. Authorisation to extend to Swansea, and also
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18:Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Act 1892
3348:
3346:
3344:
3342:
3340:
3338:
3336:
3334:
3332:
3330:
3303:
3301:
3299:
3297:
3295:
3293:
3291:
3289:
3287:
3127:
3086:
2940:; divergence of Tonmawr line from 1954;
2363:
2355:
2316:
2308:
1938:
1930:
1018:
1010:
860:
3527:http://www.rhonddatunnelsociety.co.uk/
3480:, Tourret Publishing, Abingdon, 2003,
815:The R&SBR line and the GWR former
720:Operation by the Great Western Railway
90:Blaengwynfi station and Rhondda Tunnel
3281:, in the Railway Magazine, March 1914
639:Text of statute as originally enacted
451:Text of statute as originally enacted
7:
2610:
2602:
3424:, Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, 1984,
3279:The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
2168:
2128:
2028:
764:In 1929 the government passed the
760:Cynonville railway station in 2013
25:
3478:GWR Engineering Work, 1928 - 1938
3389:, Alun Books, Port Talbot, 1982,
3164:, Alun Books, Port Talbot, 1985,
2267:
2119:
2105:
1718:
1625:
1618:
1547:
1519:
1423:
1358:
1214:
1207:
1178:
1098:
1072:
3582:Standard gauge railways in Wales
2846:
2839:
2817:
2810:
2789:
2788:
2781:
2762:
2756:
2755:
2713:
2691:
2669:
2662:
2655:
2609:
2601:
2592:
2585:
2563:
2556:
2534:
2527:
2520:
2478:
2471:
2407:
2406:
2399:
2393:
2392:
2370:
2362:
2354:
2346:
2345:
2324:
2323:
2315:
2307:
2297:
2289:
2266:
2256:
2248:
2241:
2231:
2223:
2214:
2167:
2158:
2151:
2127:
2118:
2111:
2104:
2059:
2052:
2027:
2016:
2009:
1999:
1991:
1982:
1963:
1955:
1947:
1937:
1929:
1920:
1898:
1892:
1891:
1846:
1827:
1826:
1819:
1781:
1780:
1774:
1773:
1731:
1725:
1724:
1717:
1711:
1710:
1666:
1665:
1646:
1624:
1617:
1598:
1591:
1546:
1540:
1539:
1532:
1525:
1518:
1473:
1451:
1429:
1422:
1357:
1349:
1341:
1332:
1325:
1302:
1294:
1285:
1278:
1213:
1206:
1200:
1199:
1177:
1140:
1097:
1078:
1071:
1065:
1064:
1026:
1025:
1017:
1009:
982:
975:
956:
911:
712:opened on the R&SBR system.
603:Parliament of the United Kingdom
596:
532:Parliament of the United Kingdom
525:
405:Parliament of the United Kingdom
398:
354:Parliament of the United Kingdom
347:
274:Parliament of the United Kingdom
267:
212:Parliament of the United Kingdom
205:
3358:Forgotten Railways: South Wales
2847:
2840:
2818:
2811:
2782:
2763:
2656:
2593:
2521:
2371:
1964:
1820:
1732:
1533:
1526:
1326:
1286:
1279:
1079:
983:
976:
886:Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
29:Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
3529:Rhondda Tunnel Society Website
2894:Treherbert; Taff Vale station;
2586:
2564:
2557:
2215:
2159:
2112:
1983:
1599:
1333:
957:
1:
3162:Railways of the Llynfi Valley
2952:; Briton Ferry line diverged;
2714:
2692:
2670:
2663:
2535:
2472:
2152:
2053:
1921:
1899:
1847:
1647:
1592:
1474:
1452:
1430:
1141:
912:
2989:; spur to GWR line diverged;
2528:
2400:
3387:Bygone Railways of the Afan
3149:Stone Blocks and Iron Rails
3007:; divergence of Neath line;
2479:
2060:
160:South Wales Mineral Railway
3598:
3058:The Rhondda Tunnel Society
1052:to Rhondda Fawr Collieries
578:United Kingdom legislation
507:United Kingdom legislation
380:United Kingdom legislation
329:United Kingdom legislation
249:United Kingdom legislation
187:United Kingdom legislation
102:and in 1819 established a
2971:Burrows Junction (above);
2959:Wharf at Port Talbot Dock
2855:
2830:
2826:
2804:
2797:
2775:
2771:
2729:
2722:
2707:
2700:
2685:
2678:
2626:
2619:
2579:
2572:
2550:
2543:
2491:
2487:
2442:
2415:
2386:
2379:
2336:
2332:
2281:
2277:
2185:
2178:
2142:
2138:
2075:
2068:
2043:
2038:
1976:
1972:
1914:
1907:
1862:
1855:
1840:
1835:
1813:
1789:
1767:
1740:
1681:
1674:
1659:
1655:
1637:
1633:
1611:
1607:
1582:
1555:
1489:
1482:
1467:
1460:
1445:
1438:
1393:
1374:Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
1366:
1319:
1312:
1249:
1230:Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
1222:
1190:
1186:
1153:
1149:
1131:
1106:
1091:
1087:
1038:
1034:
998:
991:
969:
965:
947:
920:
905:
817:Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
595:
590:
524:
519:
397:
392:
346:
341:
266:
261:
204:
199:
3422:South Wales Branch Lines
3181:Afan Valley Then and Now
3324:, Cassell, London, 1959
1803:to Port Talbot Old Dock
809:of the PTR was closed.
789:Under British Railways
2545:Jersey Marine South Jn
2381:Neath Harbour Junction
761:
729:
692:
651:
327:
154:
91:
58:through the tunnel to
3541:Sustrans: Afan Valley
3136:Early Wooden Railways
3048:Neath Branch Junction
3005:Neath Branch Junction
2859:Swansea Harbour Trust
2737:Great Western Railway
2634:Great Western Railway
2499:Swansea District Line
2450:Vale of Neath Railway
2083:Sth Wales Mineral Rly
1836:Port Talbot New Dock
1401:Sth Wales Mineral Rly
1257:Sth Wales Mineral Rly
759:
727:
690:
649:
322:
152:
89:
75:Great Western Railway
3277:Alfred W Arthurton,
2743:to Swansea East Dock
1440:Duffryn Rhondda Halt
503:Extending to Swansea
3011:Neath Loop Junction
2193:South Wales Railway
2180:Court Sart Junction
1870:South Wales Railway
1797:Port Talbot Railway
1748:South Wales Railway
1689:South Wales Railway
1563:Port Talbot Railway
1497:Port Talbot Railway
993:Treherbert Junction
835:Beeching Axe scheme
806:Port Talbot Railway
797:, becoming part of
312:Opening of the line
123:South Wales Railway
2799:Swansea East Docks
2574:Cardonnel Junction
2039:Briton Ferry Dock
1857:Aberavon (Seaside)
1155:Gelli Tunnel
795:Transport Act 1947
762:
752:Major improvements
730:
702:Neath swing bridge
693:
691:Neath Swing Bridge
652:
155:
92:
82:Before the railway
2886:
2885:
2882:
2881:
2832:Swansea Riverside
2747:
2746:
2647:
2646:
2642:Briton Ferry Road
2512:
2511:
2463:
2462:
2436:
2435:
2206:
2205:
2096:
2095:
2045:Briton Ferry East
1909:Baglan Sands Halt
1883:
1882:
1807:
1806:
1761:
1760:
1702:
1701:
1576:
1575:
1510:
1509:
1414:
1413:
1387:
1386:
1270:
1269:
1243:
1242:
1169:
1168:
1125:
1124:
1056:
1055:
1046:Taff Vale Railway
941:
940:
928:Taff Vale Railway
746:Railways Act 1921
678:56 & 57 Vict.
665:55 & 56 Vict.
644:
643:
616:56 & 57 Vict.
591:Act of Parliament
576:
575:
555:55 & 56 Vict.
520:Act of Parliament
480:53 & 54 Vict.
468:51 & 52 Vict.
456:
455:
428:53 & 54 Vict.
393:Act of Parliament
378:
377:
372:51 & 52 Vict.
342:Act of Parliament
306:49 & 50 Vict.
293:
292:
287:49 & 50 Vict.
262:Act of Parliament
244:45 & 46 Vict.
231:
230:
225:45 & 46 Vict.
200:Act of Parliament
16:(Redirected from
3589:
3554:
3548:
3542:
3536:
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3524:
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3494:
3488:
3474:
3461:
3458:
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3397:
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3368:
3354:
3325:
3318:
3312:
3305:
3282:
3275:
3252:
3242:
3236:
3226:
3183:
3178:
3172:
3158:
3152:
3147:Bertram Baxter,
3145:
3139:
3132:
3115:
3112:
3106:
3103:
3097:
3091:
3017:Dynevor Junction
2950:Burrows Junction
2938:Oakwood Junction
2850:
2849:
2843:
2842:
2821:
2820:
2814:
2813:
2792:
2791:
2785:
2784:
2766:
2765:
2759:
2758:
2733:
2717:
2716:
2695:
2694:
2673:
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2666:
2665:
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2495:
2482:
2481:
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2419:
2410:
2409:
2403:
2402:
2396:
2395:
2374:
2373:
2366:
2365:
2358:
2357:
2349:
2348:
2338:Neath Canal Side
2327:
2326:
2319:
2318:
2311:
2310:
2301:
2300:
2293:
2292:
2270:
2269:
2260:
2259:
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2235:
2234:
2227:
2226:
2218:
2217:
2189:
2171:
2170:
2162:
2161:
2155:
2154:
2131:
2130:
2122:
2121:
2115:
2114:
2108:
2107:
2079:
2063:
2062:
2056:
2055:
2031:
2030:
2020:
2019:
2013:
2012:
2003:
2002:
1995:
1994:
1986:
1985:
1967:
1966:
1959:
1958:
1951:
1950:
1941:
1940:
1933:
1932:
1924:
1923:
1902:
1901:
1895:
1894:
1866:
1850:
1849:
1830:
1829:
1823:
1822:
1793:
1784:
1783:
1777:
1776:
1744:
1735:
1734:
1728:
1727:
1721:
1720:
1714:
1713:
1685:
1669:
1668:
1650:
1649:
1628:
1627:
1621:
1620:
1602:
1601:
1595:
1594:
1559:
1550:
1549:
1543:
1542:
1536:
1535:
1529:
1528:
1522:
1521:
1493:
1477:
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1455:
1454:
1433:
1432:
1426:
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1397:
1370:
1361:
1360:
1353:
1352:
1345:
1344:
1336:
1335:
1329:
1328:
1306:
1305:
1298:
1297:
1289:
1288:
1282:
1281:
1253:
1226:
1217:
1216:
1210:
1209:
1203:
1202:
1192:Croeserw Viaduct
1181:
1180:
1157:
1144:
1143:
1113:
1101:
1100:
1082:
1081:
1075:
1074:
1068:
1067:
1042:
1029:
1028:
1021:
1020:
1013:
1012:
986:
985:
979:
978:
960:
959:
924:
915:
914:
903:
879:
872:
865:
856:
799:British Railways
674:
673:
661:
660:
600:
599:
586:
581:
529:
528:
515:
510:
476:
475:
464:
463:
402:
401:
388:
383:
351:
350:
337:
332:
302:
301:
271:
270:
257:
252:
240:
239:
209:
208:
195:
190:
21:
3597:
3596:
3592:
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3590:
3588:
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3586:
3572:
3571:
3563:
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3549:
3545:
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3533:
3525:
3521:
3512:
3503:
3495:
3491:
3475:
3464:
3459:
3455:
3439:
3435:
3419:
3400:
3384:
3371:
3355:
3328:
3319:
3315:
3307:E T MacDermot,
3306:
3285:
3276:
3255:
3243:
3239:
3227:
3186:
3179:
3175:
3159:
3155:
3146:
3142:
3133:
3129:
3124:
3119:
3118:
3113:
3109:
3104:
3100:
3092:
3088:
3083:
3069:
3060:
3044:
2987:Vernon Junction
2981:Baglan Junction
2968:
2891:
2889:First main line
2862:
2851:
2844:
2822:
2815:
2793:
2786:
2767:
2760:
2749:
2718:
2696:
2674:
2667:
2660:
2649:
2615:
2614:
2607:
2606:
2597:
2590:
2575:
2568:
2561:
2546:
2539:
2532:
2525:
2514:
2483:
2476:
2465:
2438:
2411:
2404:
2397:
2382:
2375:
2368:
2367:
2360:
2359:
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2328:
2321:
2320:
2313:
2312:
2303:
2302:
2295:
2294:
2273:
2272:
2271:
2262:
2261:
2254:
2253:
2246:
2237:
2236:
2229:
2228:
2219:
2208:
2181:
2174:
2173:
2172:
2163:
2156:
2134:
2133:
2132:
2123:
2116:
2109:
2098:
2064:
2057:
2034:
2033:
2032:
2023:
2022:
2021:
2014:
2005:
2004:
1997:
1996:
1987:
1968:
1961:
1960:
1953:
1952:
1943:
1942:
1935:
1934:
1925:
1903:
1896:
1885:
1851:
1831:
1824:
1809:
1785:
1778:
1763:
1736:
1729:
1722:
1715:
1704:
1677:
1670:
1651:
1629:
1622:
1603:
1596:
1578:
1551:
1544:
1537:
1530:
1523:
1512:
1478:
1462:Cynonville Halt
1456:
1434:
1427:
1416:
1389:
1362:
1355:
1354:
1347:
1346:
1337:
1330:
1308:
1307:
1300:
1299:
1290:
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1272:
1245:
1218:
1211:
1204:
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1182:
1171:
1145:
1127:
1102:
1083:
1076:
1069:
1058:
1030:
1023:
1022:
1015:
1014:
994:
987:
980:
961:
943:
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897:
888:
887:
883:
854:
791:
754:
722:
671:
670:
658:
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605:
597:
584:
579:
534:
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508:
505:
473:
472:
461:
460:
407:
399:
386:
381:
356:
348:
335:
330:
314:
299:
298:
276:
268:
255:
250:
237:
236:
214:
206:
193:
188:
147:
84:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
3595:
3593:
3585:
3584:
3574:
3573:
3570:
3569:
3562:
3559:
3556:
3555:
3543:
3531:
3519:
3501:
3489:
3462:
3453:
3440:Col M H Cobb,
3433:
3398:
3369:
3326:
3313:
3283:
3253:
3237:
3184:
3173:
3153:
3140:
3126:
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3098:
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2996:
2993:
2990:
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2963:
2962:
2956:
2953:
2947:
2944:
2941:
2935:
2932:
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2926:
2922:
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2913:Gelli Junction
2910:
2907:
2904:Rhondda Tunnel
2901:
2898:
2895:
2890:
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2884:
2883:
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2802:
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2780:
2778:
2776:
2773:
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2768:
2761:
2754:
2752:
2750:
2745:
2744:
2740:
2739:
2730:
2727:
2726:
2724:Danygraig Halt
2721:
2719:
2712:
2710:
2708:
2705:
2704:
2699:
2697:
2690:
2688:
2686:
2683:
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2265:
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2240:
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2196:
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2166:
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2110:
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1109:Rhondda Tunnel
1107:
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1103:
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492:Rhondda Tunnel
454:
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52:Rhondda Tunnel
24:
14:
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3392:
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3385:Clive Smith,
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2698:
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2680:Jersey Marine
2676:
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2635:
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2625:
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852:Location list
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136:
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105:
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101:
97:
88:
81:
79:
76:
71:
69:
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61:
57:
53:
48:
47:was refused.
46:
42:
41:Swansea docks
38:
34:
30:
19:
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3534:
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3492:
3477:
3456:
3450:07110 3003 0
3441:
3436:
3421:
3386:
3357:
3356:James Page,
3321:
3320:E F Carter,
3316:
3308:
3278:
3240:
3176:
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3143:
3135:
3130:
3110:
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3089:
3076:
3073:
3070:
3061:
3047:
3042:Neath branch
3037:
3016:
3010:
3004:
2998:
2986:
2980:
2966:Swansea line
2958:
2949:
2937:
2919:Gelli Tunnel
2918:
2912:
2903:
2857:
2423:Swing Bridge
2070:Briton Ferry
1584:Cwmavon Glam
1484:Pontrhydyfen
1116:3443 yd
1000:Blaenrhondda
846:
842:World War II
839:
831:
828:
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822:
814:
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783:
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743:
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731:
714:
710:
706:
694:
682:
669:
656:
653:
629:Royal assent
572:27 June 1892
568:Royal assent
497:
484:
471:
459:
457:
441:Royal assent
367:Royal assent
323:
319:
315:
297:
294:
235:
232:
177:Briton Ferry
169:
156:
132:
120:
116:Pontrhydyfen
113:
93:
72:
49:
45:Briton Ferry
28:
26:
3513:M E Quick,
3476:R Tourret,
2458:Neath Abbey
2431:River Neath
1878:Port Talbot
1314:Cymmer Afan
1160:174 yd
1133:Blaengwynfi
1121:3148 m
804:The former
697:Neath Canal
633:9 June 1893
181:River Neath
96:Afan Valley
60:Port Talbot
3420:H Morgan,
3122:References
2144:Court Sart
1265:Glyncorrwg
1238:Abergwynfi
1165:159 m
949:Treherbert
936:Pontypridd
540:Long title
413:Long title
308:c. xliv).
173:Baglan Bay
164:Glyncorrwg
135:Edward VII
128:River Tawe
56:Treherbert
35:Fawr with
2507:Llandarcy
557:c. clxxix
145:Proposals
108:waggonway
3576:Category
3561:See also
3050:; above;
2999:Junction
2925:Maesteg;
611:Citation
550:Citation
488:Blaencwm
423:Citation
282:Citation
220:Citation
162:between
64:Aberavon
3067:Remains
2091:Tonmawr
1756:Cardiff
1697:Swansea
1505:Tonmawr
1409:Tonmawr
1382:Maesteg
618:c. lxiv
430:c. cxlv
289:c. xliv
100:Cwmavon
37:Swansea
33:Rhondda
3484:
3448:
3428:
3393:
3364:
3248:
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3168:
3094:Brunel
895:Legend
227:c. cci
3081:Notes
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2493:
2464:
2444:
2437:
2429:over
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2201:Neath
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623:Dates
562:Dates
435:Dates
374:c. cv
361:Dates
68:Neath
3482:ISBN
3446:ISBN
3426:ISBN
3391:ISBN
3362:ISBN
3246:ISBN
3230:ISBN
3166:ISBN
1571:Bryn
121:The
62:and
27:The
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1236:to
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175:at
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3372:^
3329:^
3286:^
3256:^
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