The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway was a Welsh railway company formed to connect the upper end of the Rhondda Fawr with Swansea, with the main objective of transporting coal and other minerals to Swa
Blaengwynfi station and Rhondda Tunnel
Neath Swing Bridge
The old station at Cymmer, now "The Refreshment Rooms"
Cynonville railway station in 2013
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Briton Ferry is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, llan, is protected from the wind, awel. Alternatively, Sawel may be
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
…the main objective of transporting coal and other minerals to Swansea docks. It was incorporated in 1882, but at first the connection to Swansea from Briton Ferry was refused. The construction required the formation of the Rhondda Tunnel, nearly two miles (3.2 km) long through difficult geological conditions, but…
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The western viaduct of the first road crossing of the River Neath at Briton Ferry in 1986
The first St Mary's Church (pictured here in 2013) was founded in the 6th century
William Daniell's Briton Ferry, painted in 1814 (Tate Gallery)