Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Dates
| 10/08/1882 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Incorporated. |
| 02/11/1885 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Aberavon opened |
| / /1890 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Opened. |
| 01/12/1891 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Aberavon renamed Aberavon and Port Talbot |
| 27/06/1892 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Act for line from Swansea Prince of Wales Dock to Treherbert. |
| 30/12/1893 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Extended from Aberavon to Briton Ferry Dock. |
| 14/12/1894 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Extended from Briton Ferry Dock over the Neath Swing Bridge to Swansea. |
| 14/12/1894 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Opened to freight in Swansea. |
| 14/03/1895 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Aberavon Seaside opened |
| 14/03/1895 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Neath Branch from Court Sart opened to a new Neath station. |
| 14/03/1895 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Opened to passengers to Swansea Riverside station. |
| /06/1895 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Aberavon and Port Talbot renamed Port Talbot (Aberavon) |
| / /1896 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Works and engine shed opened a mile east of Danygraig. |
| 07/05/1899 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Ceases to use the Swansea Harbour Trustees Railway between Danygraig and Riverside. |
| /07/1924 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Neath renamed Neath Canal Side. |
| 01/07/1924 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Port Talbot (Aberavon) renamed Aberavon Town |
| 11/09/1933 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Passenger trains diverted from Swansea Riverside to Swansea East Dock. Riverside closed. |
| / /1935 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Aberavon to Court Sart closed to through traffic, traffic diverted onto the South Wales Railway. |
| / /1935 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Jersey Marine South to Swansea closed to passengers. |
| 16/09/1935 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Neath Canal Side closed to passengers. |
| 20/09/1935 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Many trains diverted to Swansea High Street. |
| 02/12/1962 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Aberavon Seaside closed |
| 03/12/1962 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Aberavon Town closed |
| / /1964 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Works and engine shed at Danygraig closed. |
| 06/09/1965 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Neath Canal Side branch closed, except for private siding. |
| /12/1967 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Jersey Marine to Danygraig (excluded) closed. |
| 24/02/1969 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Carriage shed at Danygraig becomes the Swansea Freightliner Terminal. |
| 30/11/1983 | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Neath Canal Side branch completely closed. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Treherbert to Swansea
This is a 3,443 yd single track tunnel of the former Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway between Treherbert (Rhondda and Swansea Bay Junction) and Blaengwynfi. The line opened in 1890 and closed in 1968 as a result of a partial bridge collapse.
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Ken Strachan 30/06/2018
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Alastair McLellan 31/03/2017
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This was a two platform station with a loop on a single track line and a goods loop on the north side. There was a siding at the west end of the goods loop and a branch of the South Wales Mineral Railway joined at the east end of the loop.
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See also
South Wales Mineral Railway
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John Thorn 06/08/2002
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Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/06/1959
Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/06/1959
Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/06/1959
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Neath Branch
Port Talbot Curve
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