Courtesy of a friend and local guide:
" Pontardawe station was in the place now occupied by the Tesco
roundabout.
Ystalyfera station was where the Police station and
Community Hall is now.
The railway ran from Ponty to Ystalyfera on the
Eastern side of the valley (the Darren side) and crossed towards
Ystalyfera station via a large viaduct. Its route was, basically where
the cycle track runs today. Then it went past the "greasy Spoon" on the
Asda roundabout, via said viaduct, the track occupying where the A4067
(known locally as the bi-pass) now runs. The Station was just before
the Top Road bridge."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela Marsden" <davidpam(a)globalnet.co.uk>
To: <glamorgan(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:11 AM
Subject: [GLA] Location of Ystalyfera railway station
Hi,
To conclude a family discussion which started over the weekend when I was
staying in the Swansea Valley, can anyone help with the location of the
former Ystalyfera railway station? I know that my grandmother and her
sister and, later, my aunt used to travel to Ystalyfera Intermediate which
became the grammar school by train from Pontardawe. I remember from my
childhood the site of the station in Pontardawe on the Cilybebyll side of
the valley but I suspect that the station in Ystalyfera must have been on
the Llangiwg side. If this is the case, question number two is at what
point did the railway line cross the valley?
I have been unable to find the answer to these questions online but I am
confident that someone reading this will have the answer!
Pamela
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