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The Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company (PTR) operated the Port Talbot Railway and the docks at Port Talbot

Port Talbot

Port Talbot is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It had a population of 35,633 in 2001.-History:Port Talbot grew out of the original small port and market town of Aberafan , which belonged to the medieval Lords of Afan. The area of the parish of Margam lying on the west bank of the lower Afan...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, UK

United Kingdom

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Company formation and history

The company was incorporated in 1894 and the railway opened in 1897 . It was absorbed by the Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

 on 1 January 1922. The railway is now closed.

A map showing the relative positions of the Port Talbot Railway, the South Wales Mineral Railway, the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway

Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway

The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway connected the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley to the Swansea Bay ports.Connecting with the Taff Vale Railway at Treherbert, it had branches to Aberavon and Port Talbot docks. It was later extended to Swansea and a branch to Neath was added, bringing the total...

 and the Great Western Railway can be found here .

Stations

Route map

• Port Talbot Central
• Bryn
  Bryn, Neath Port Talbot
  Bryn is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot County Borough in Wales. It has a population of 913. The village is located in the hills between Cwmafan, in the Afan Valley, and Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley, approximately from Port Talbot and from Maesteg. The name of the village now...
  
  
• Maesteg
  Maesteg
  Maesteg is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot. In 2001, Maesteg had a population of 17,859, but it is now at an estimate of 20,000....
  
   (Neath Road)
• Cwmdu
• Lletty Brongu
• Bettws
  Bettws, Bridgend
  Bettws is a small ex-mining and farming village in the South Wales Valleys in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. It is also spelled 'Betws', and is . The population of Bettws is around 2,400 according to The Betws LIFE Centre....
  
   (Llangeinor)
• Pontyrhyl

PTR locomotives

For a list of classes see Locomotives of the Great Western Railway

Locomotives of the Great Western Railway

The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. He designed several different broad gauge types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly and later Iron Duke Class 2-2-2s...

• Port Talbot Railway 0-6-2T (Stephenson)
• Port Talbot Railway 0-8-2T (Cooke)
• Port Talbot Railway 0-8-2T (Sharp Stewart)
• Hudswell Clarke
  Hudswell Clarke
  Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:...
  
   0-6-0ST

At 1 January 1922, the PTR operated a total of twenty-two engines of seven different classes, built by four distinct locomotive manufacturers. The last of the ex-PTR locos was withdrawn from service by the GWR in 1948.

One Port Talbot Railway locomotive (0-6-0ST PTR No. 26, GWR No. 813) is preserved on the Severn Valley Railway

Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route...

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