Blaengarw Station (remains)
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Blaengarw Station (remains)
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 1 Jun 1962
View NW to surviving collieries at head of Garw Valley, but this terminus of the branch from Bridgend and Tondu had been closed to passengers for over nine years (9/2/53). Nowadays (2010) the heritage Garw Railway is active down the valley at Pontycymmer.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.623521
Longitude
-3.589119