Pontardawe railway station

Disused railway station in Clydach-on-Tawe, Swansea

Pontardawe

General information
Location| Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Coordinates| 51°43′02″N 3°50′49″W﻿ / ﻿51.7171°N 3.8470°W﻿ / 51.7171; -3.8470
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Midland Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
21 February 1860[1]| Opened
25 September 1950| Closed to passengers
4 October 1965| Closed to all traffic

Pontardawe railway station was a railway station on the Swansea Vale Railway that served the town of Pontardawe in West Glamorgan, Wales. British Railways closed the station to passengers in 1950.[2] The line continued carrying coal but with the decline in coal mining the station closed completely in 1965.

## Present day[edit]

It was sited next to the Pontardawe Inn, known as the Gwachel, and the Victorian bridge over the Tawe. It is now occupied by the A4067 road.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 361
2. ^ 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. p. 187\. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

## External links[edit]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Glais (2nd)
Line and station closed |  | Great Western Railway
Swansea Vale Railway |  | Ynysygeinon Junction
Line and Station closed