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Branch Lines around Swansea
including the Swansea & Mumbles Railway
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
Featured herein are eight fascinating routes, none of which have stations still open. One carried passengers for 14 months and another existed for 106 years. It was the first passenger line in the world.
The Swansea & Mumbles Railway opened in 1807 and has over 20 photographs devoted to it in this unusual album.
Book Details
- Author
- Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
- Series
- Branch Lines
- Publisher
- Middleton Press Ltd
- Published
- 26 January 2013
- ISBN
- 9781908174383
- Language
- English
- Format
- Hardback
- Dimensions
- 240 x 174 mm
- General
- 96 Pages
120 Photographs
Large Scale Maps
Other details of local history
Stations & Locations
| Stations | Photo | |
|---|---|---|
| Pantyffynon | FC, 3.1-3.7 | |
| Oystermouth | FC | |
| Neath Riverside | 1.1-1.4 | |
| Neath Abbey | 1.5-1.7 | |
| Cape Halt | 1.8 | |
| Briton Ferry Road | 1.9 | |
| Swansea East Dock | 1.10-1.16 | |
| Briton Ferry | 2.1-2.4 | |
| Neath Canal Side | 2.5 | |
| Jersey Marine South Junction | 2.6 | |
| Danygraig Depot | 2.7 | |
| Swansea Riverside | 2.8-2.9 | |
| Swansea Kings Dock | 2.1 | |
| Ammanford | 3.8-3.9 | |
| Ammanford Colliery Halt | 3.10-3.12 | |
| Ammanford (east of) | 3.13 | |
| Glanamman | 3.14-3.16 | |
| Garnant | 3.17-3.19 | |
| Gwaun Cae Gurwen | 4.1-4.4 | |
| Cwmgorse | 4.5 | |
| Abernant Colliery Sidings | 4.6-4.7 | |
| Brynamman | 5.1-5.6 | |
| Cwmllynfell | 5.7 | |
| Gwys | 5.8 | |
| Gurnos Engine Shed | 5.9 | |
| Ystalyfera | 5.1 | |
| Ynisgeinon Junction | 5.11 | |
| Ynisgeinon Junction | 5.12 | |
| Pontardawe | 5.13 | |
| Glais | 5.14 | |
| Clydach on Tawe | 5.15 | |
| Clydach Merthyr Colliery | 5.16 | |
| Clydach on Tawe | 5.17-5.18 | |
| Morriston East | 5.19-5.20 | |
| Upper Bank | 5.21-5.23 | |
| Swansea North Dock branch | 5.25-5.27 | |
| Swansea St.Thomas | 5.28-5.31 | |
| Felin Frans Halt | 6.1-6.2 | |
| Pentrefelin (Glam) Halt | 6.3 | |
| Morriston West | 6.4-6.5 | |
| Copper Pit Platform | 6.6-6.7 | |
| Plas Marl | 6.8 | |
| Landore Low Level | 6.9-6.12 | |
| Swansea High Street | 6.13-6.15 | |
| Swansea | 6.16-6.17 | |
| Pont Lliw | 7.1 | |
| Llangyfelach | 7.2 | |
| Swansea & Mumbles Railway | 8.1-8.22 | |