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Abergwynfi railway station

Coordinates: 51°39′17″N 3°36′06″W / 51.6548°N 3.6018°W / 51.6548; -3.6018
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Abergwynfi
General information
LocationNeath Port Talbot
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
22 March 1886Station opens
13 June 1960Station closes
Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
originally Duffryn, Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway
 
to Glyncorrwg
Cymmer Viaduct
West Junction
Cymmer Afan
Abergwynfi
Abergwynfi Colliery
Cymmer Tunnel
1591 yd
1455 m
Caerau Colliery
Caerau
Nantyffyllon
Maesteg (Neath Road)
Maesteg Castle Street
Maesteg
Maesteg (Ewenny Road)
Garth
Troedyrhiew Garth
Llangynwyd
Tondu
Cefn Junction PTR&DCo
Kenfig Hill
Pyle Junction
Pyle
Cornelly Quarry
Nottage Halt
Nottage Tunnel
63 yd
58 m
Porthcawl

Abergwynfi railway station served the villages of Abergwynfi and Blaengwynfi in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The station was the terminus of the line from Bridgend via Maesteg.

History

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Opened by the Great Western Railway, the station passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Transport Commission.

The nearby Blaengwynfi railway station was on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

The site today

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The site is a small wooded area in the village, next to the River Gwynfi.

References

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
  • Railscot Llynvi Valley Extension [1]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cymmer Afan   Great Western Railway
Llynvi Valley Extension
  Terminus

51°39′17″N 3°36′06″W / 51.6548°N 3.6018°W / 51.6548; -3.6018