RAILSCOT | Swansea

Swansea

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Swansea

Station code: SWA National Rail
Where: Swansea, Wales
Opened on the South Wales Railway.

Nearby stations Swansea North Dock Swansea St Thomas Swansea Wind Street Swansea Riverside Swansea Rutland Street Swansea Victoria Swansea (East Dock) Argylle Street Beach Street Danygraig Halt Landore [1st] St Helens [Swansea] Swansea Bay [1st] Upper Bank [1st] Landore High Level	Harbour Branch Siding Junction Swansea Loop East Junction Foxhole Sidings Maliphant Sidings Hafod Junction Swansea Loop West Junction Landore MPD Landore Junction Danygraig Junction Cockett Tunnel Tube Works Kings Dock Junction Swansea Valley Junction Mynydd Newydd Colliery Cockett Goods
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

01/03/1873	Swansea and Neath Railway Swansea Wind Street station closed, traffic diverted to the South Wales Railway Swansea station.
01/07/1874	Swansea Vale Railway Leased by the Midland Railway. This gave the Midland Railway access to Swansea via Brecon.

News items

07/10/2022	Decision made on disused Valleys rail tunnel that's stood empty for decades [WalesOnline]
18/06/2021	Swansea railway station sees biggest refurbishment in more than a decade [Network Rail]
22/05/2021	Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro consultation [Rail Freight Group]
05/12/2019	No lookouts when train hit track workers in Wales, says RAIB report [The Guardian]
16/09/2019	£194m railway stations upgrade revealed by Transport for Wales [BBC News]
04/08/2019	Landore Depot in Swansea to be reopened by Chrysalis Rail [BBC News]
14/07/2019	Swansea's Bascule Bridge to be moved for restoration [BBC News]
03/07/2019	Two rail workers killed near Port Talbot after being hit by train [BBC News]
07/02/2019	New Swansea railway station 'ticket to opportunity' [BBC News]
27/04/2017	New railway station plans for Wales chosen for scrutiny [BBC News]

Books

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South Wales v. 12 (Regional railway history series)