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    Cymmer Afan railway station served the village of Cymmer, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1885 to 1970 on the Rhondda and Swansea...
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  • June 1960; Cymmer; opened 19 July 1880; amalgamated with Cymmer Afan station as Cymmer General January 1950; closed 13 June 1960; Cymmer South Junction;...
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  • Tunnel; Cymmer; opened 2 November 1885; renamed Cwm Cymmer 1924; renamed Cymmer Afan 1926; amalgamated with Cymmer General (former L&OR), as Cymmer Afan, January...
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  • confluence of the River Afan and the River Corrwg. In 2001, Cymmer had a population of 2,883. Cymmer can also be spelled "Cymer", with "Cymmer" being the English-language...
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    June 1970 (with the end of passenger trains over the old L&O route to Cymmer Afan) and was reopened on 28 September 1992. British Rail and Mid Glamorgan...
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    and on to Maesteg and Bridgend via a connection at Cymmer Afan (over the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway) remained open until 1968, when the tunnel was closed...
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  • The South Wales Mineral Railway was a railway built to serve collieries in the upper Afan Valley, and bring their output to a dock at Briton Ferry, in...
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    Garth railway station (Bridgend) is a railway station serving the village of Garth, Bridgend, Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via...
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    Railway. The station was opened on 1 April 1901 by the Great Western Railway. It was a request stop. The route was cut back from Cymmer in June 1960 and...
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    Port Talbot (section Railway)
    improvements to the railway station. In January 2021, permission was granted for a new £200m adventure resort to open in the Afan Valley. The resort will...
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