Train going over the Pontwalby viaduct on the down line. Introduction: In 2026 the Vale of  Neath railway line and station has been closed for nearly140 years, the majority of people now living in the village may not even know it existed or where it was. ( See...

Photographs from my father's collection, but can be attributed to Gerald Williams collection. [1] What it the definition of an accident you may ask? The Cambridge Dictionary say’s: accident (noun) something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that...

A Passenger train, circa 1963, pulling out of the station on it way up the Rhigos Bank. Introduction: Up until 1851 when the Vale of Neath Railway line was built, the main way of transporting goods from the top end of the valley to the ports at Briton Ferry and...