Pontardawe railway station
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British Railways special train at Pontardawe in 1965, hauled by a pair of GWR 5700 Class steam locomotives
Pontardawe railway station was a railway station on the Swansea Vale Railway that ran along the River Tawe and that British Railways closed in 1964.
It was next to the Gwachel public house and the Victorian bridge over the Tawe.
The station was used primarily to carry coal. The station closed as coal mining in Pontardawe was declining in the 1960s.
Coordinates: 51°43′02″N 3°50′49″W / 51.7171°N 3.8470°W
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