Branch Line History
Originally developed by the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company, which by 1840 had reached Pantyffynnon. Here the railway branched, with the Amman Valley developed for commercial purposes to transport extracted coal to North Dock, Llanelli. The eventual plan was to develop the line as far as Clydach on the Morriston Loop, but this never happened.
Taken over by the Great Western Railway on amalgamation in 1923, its stock was converted to standard GWR rural practises. The line was closed to passenger services by British Railways on 18 August 1958, far ahead of the Beeching Axe, although it did stay open as a freight route until the closure of the Abernant Colliery super pitt in 1988.
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