Pantyffynnon railway station

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Pantyffynnon
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General information
Location Pantyffynnon, Carmarthenshire
Wales
Coordinates 51°46′44″N3°59′49″W / 51.779°N 3.997°W / 51.779; -3.997
Grid reference SN622107
Managed by Transport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePTF
Classification DfT category F2
Key dates
1841Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 3,442
Pontarddulais
Line and station open
  Great Western Railway
  Parcyrhun Halt
Line open, station closed
Disused railways
Pontarddulais
Line and station open
  Great Western Railway
  Ammanford
Line and station closed

Amman Valley branch

EWS Class 66 joins the Amman Valley railway branch at Pantyffynnon, as it heads towards the opencast mine near Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Coal train joins the Amman Valley railway branch - geograph.org.uk - 1276263.jpg
EWS Class 66 joins the Amman Valley railway branch at Pantyffynnon, as it heads towards the opencast mine near Gwaun-cae-Gurwen

The old Amman Valley branch line through Ammanford and Gwaun-cae-Gurwen which joined here to the other side of the current platform was closed in its entirety along with the yard after the closure of Abernant Colliery in 1988. The railway shed (closed 1964) and turntable are also gone, with nothing to reveal their former existence. The junction was reinstated for freight services only in 2006 as EWS requested that part of the line be reinstated to serve the opencast site at Tairgwaith Colliery.

The Amman Valley Railway Society has also been attempting to reinstate the Amman Valley line as a heritage railway, although EWS plans prevent this in the short term. EWS started running coal trains to Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen in 2009. [10]

References

  1. Cadw. "Pantyffynnon Railway Station (14812)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. "Pantyfynnon (South) signal box" Signalling Record Society; Retrieved 8 July 2016
  3. NSTR operation www.railsigns.uk; Retrieved 24 December 2016
  4. Body, p.141
  5. History of Brynamman www.cwmammanhistory.co.uk; Retrieved 24 December 2016
  6. "Simplification of Layout and Signalling - Central Wales Line" Signalling Notices website; Retrieved 8 July 2016
  7. "Stories".
  8. Pantyffynon station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  9. GB eNRT December 2022 Edition, Table 130
  10. Railway Herald, Issue 163, 26-01-2009

Bibliography

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