| Route | Vale of Neath Line |
| Section | former Penallta Jn to Burrows Jn |
| Remarks | Disused in central portion |
| Maps | VON Interactive • Local: Ystrad Mynach , Abercynon , Mountain Ash , Cwmbach , Cwmgwrach , Neath , Briton Ferry , Swansea (East) |
| Extent | 12M 0827y to 47M 0488y • 34.807 miles • 56.017 km |
| Measured | 55.963 km (-54m, relative to reported extent) ℹ️ |
| Neighbours | ALK , APG , CAM , DAN , JER , NAB , PTA , RSB , SDI1 , SKD , SWM2 , TBD |
| NR Region | 🟧 Wales & Western |
| LOR | 🟠 GW820 Cwmbargoed to Ystrad Mynach South Jn 🟠 GW834 Hirwaun to Abercynon 🟠 GW892 Cwmgwrach to Burrows Sidings |
| TRACKmaps | 🟠 Western & Wales |
Administrative Areas and Nearest Places
From To Country Administrative Area 12 ● 13 ● Wales Caerphilly 13 ● 15 ●● Wales Merthyr Tydfil 15 ●● 28 ●●● Wales Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 28 ●●● 29 ●● Wales Powys 29 ●● 46 Wales Neath Port Talbot 46 47 ● Wales Swansea From To Nearest Place District / County Proximity 12 ● 13 ●●● Nelson Caerphilly Near → Remote 13 ●●● 14 Pentwyn Berthlŵyd Merthyr Tydfil Distant → Remote 14 14 ●● Trelewis Merthyr Tydfil Near → Distant 14 ●● 15 Treharris Merthyr Tydfil Adjacent → Near 15 15 Goitre Coed Merthyr Tydfil Distant 15 16 ● Edwardsville Merthyr Tydfil Near → Remote 16 ● 16 ●●● Bryntirion Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Remote 16 ●●● 17 Tyntetown Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Distant 17 17 ●●● Penrhiwceiber Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Distant 17 ●●● 18 ●● Miskin Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Distant 18 ●● 18 ●● Darranlas Rhondda Cynon Taf Distant 18 ●● 19 Mountain Ash Rhondda Cynon Taf Adjacent → Near 19 19 Caegarw Rhondda Cynon Taf Near 19 19 ●● Cwmpennar Rhondda Cynon Taf Near 19 ●● 20 Glenboi Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Distant 20 20 ●● Abercwmboi Rhondda Cynon Taf Distant → Remote 20 ●● 21 ●● Cwmbâch Rhondda Cynon Taf Distant → Remote 21 ●● 21 ●●● Aberaman Rhondda Cynon Taf Distant → Remote 21 ●●● 22 Abernant Rhondda Cynon Taf Distant → Remote 22 22 ●● Aberdare Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Distant 22 ●● 23 Robertstown Rhondda Cynon Taf Adjacent → Near 23 23 ●● Trecynon Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Distant 23 ●● 24 ● Llwydcoed Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Remote 24 ● 24 ●●● Penywaun Rhondda Cynon Taf Remote 24 ●●● 26 ●● Hirwaun Rhondda Cynon Taf Adjacent → Remote 26 ●● 28 Twyn Bryn-hîr Rhondda Cynon Taf Distant → Remote 28 29 ● Cefn Rhigos Rhondda Cynon Taf Distant → Remote 29 ● 30 ●● Pontneddfechan Powys Near → Remote 30 ●● 31 ●● Glyn-neath Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 31 ●● 31 ●●● Morfa Glas Neath Port Talbot Distant 31 ●●● 32 ● Blaengwrach Neath Port Talbot Adjacent → Distant 32 ● 33 Cwmgwrach Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 33 34 ● Pentreclwydau Neath Port Talbot Distant → Remote 34 ● 35 ●● Resolven Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 35 ●● 36 ●●● Melincourt Neath Port Talbot Adjacent → Remote 36 ●●● 38 ● Clyne Neath Port Talbot Adjacent → Remote 38 ● 38 ●● Tonna Neath Port Talbot Remote 38 ●● 38 ●●● Aberdulais Neath Port Talbot Remote 38 ●●● 38 ●●● Tonna Neath Port Talbot Remote 38 ●●● 39 ●● Aberdulais Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 39 ●● 40 Tonna Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 40 40 ● Llantwit Neath Port Talbot Distant → Remote 40 ● 40 ●●● Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath Neath Port Talbot Near → Distant 40 ●●● 41 ●● Neath Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 41 ●● 42 ●● Neath Abbey Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 42 ●● 43 ● Skewen Neath Port Talbot Remote 43 ● 44 ●● Llandarcy Neath Port Talbot Distant → Remote 44 ●● 45 ●● Jersey Marine Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 45 ●● 46 ● Crymlyn Burrows Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 46 ● 47 ● Port Tennant Swansea Near → Remote
| Milepost | Principal Features (More…) | Connections |
|---|---|---|
| 12 ● | former Penallta Jn | PTA |
| 13 ● | former Taff Bargoed Branch Jn | TBD |
| 20 ●●● | former Cwmbach Jn | ALK |
| 20 ●●● | CWMBACH | |
| 22 ● | ABERDARE | |
| 33 | former Aberpergwm Branch Jn | APG |
| 41 | Neath & Brecon Jn | NAB |
| 44 | Jersey Marine Jn South | JER , RSB |
| 46 ●●● | Burrows Jn | DAN , SKD |