Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company

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The Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company operated the Port Talbot Railway and the docks at Port Talbot, South Wales. The company was incorporated in 1894 and the railway opened in 1897 ^[1]. It passed to the Great Western Railway in 1922. The railway is now closed.

A map showing the relative positions of the Port Talbot Railway, the South Wales Mineral Railway, the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway and the Great Western Railway can be found here ^[2].

Contents 1 Stations 2 Locomotives 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Stations

Route map ^[3]

• Port Talbot Central
• Bryn
• Maesteg (Neath Road)
• Cwmdu
• Lletty Bongu
• Bettws (Llangeinor)
• Pontyrhyll

[edit] Locomotives

For a list of classes see Locomotives of the Great Western Railway

• Stephenson 0-6-2T
• Cooke 0-8-2T
• Sharp Stewart 0-8-2T

One Port Talbot Railway locomotive (0-6-0ST no. 813) is preserved on the Severn Valley Railway.

[edit] See also

• List of constituents of the Great Western Railway

[edit] References