Abergwynfi railway station

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Abergwynfi
General information
Location Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great 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
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Cymmer Viaduct
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West Junction
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Cymmer Afan
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Abergwynfi
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Abergwynfi Colliery
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Cymmer Tunnel
1591 yd
1455 m
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Caerau Colliery
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Caerau
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Nantyffyllon
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Maesteg (Neath Road)
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Maesteg Castle Street
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Maesteg
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Maesteg (Ewenny Road)
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Garth
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Troedyrhiew Garth
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Llangynwyd
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Tondu
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Cefn Junction PTR&DCo
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Kenfig Hill
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Pyle Junction
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Pyle
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Cornelly Quarry
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Nottage Halt
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Nottage Tunnel
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58 m
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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.

Contents

History

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

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

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References

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

Coordinates: 51°39′17″N3°36′06″W / 51.6548°N 3.6018°W / 51.6548; -3.6018