Jersey Marine railway station
Jersey Marine | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Jersey Marine, Neath Port Talbot Wales |
| Grid reference | SS714936 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 14 March 1895[1] | Station opens |
| 11 September 1933[1][2] | Station closes |
Jersey Marine railway station was a railway station on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay line (R&SBR) which ran from the Rhondda Valley to Swansea on the Welsh coast in the county of Glamorgan. It lay 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Swansea.
History
[edit]Jersey Marine opened in 1895 and closed in 1935[1] or 1933.[2] Briton Ferry Road station[3] lay close by on the Great Western Railway Vale of Neath line.[4] The R&SBR was absorbed by the Great Western Railway in the Grouping of the railways in 1923 as a result of the Railways Act 1921.
A four-storey octagonal tower stands near the hotel and the station site, built in the Victorian era and designed as a camera obscura at the Jersey Marine holiday resort. Workmen's halts were located to the east at Cape Platform[5] and at Baldwin's Halt[6] to the west.
Infrastructure
[edit]Jersey Marine station had a single platform on the Jersey Marine Hotel side of the line with a single shelter and ticket office. A footpath led from the vicinity of the hotel and its grounds to the platform.[7][4] A signalbox stood to the west and by 1914 a siding ran parallel to the single track main line.[4] Jersey Marine South Junction was located nearby. A Jersey Marine North Junction was also present.[8] The station site has been obliterated by a road overbridge however the line remains open.
References
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Platform | Great Western Railway Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway |
Baldwin's Halt |
51°37′38″N 3°51′31″W / 51.6272°N 3.8585°W
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