Английская Википедия:Baglan Sands Halt railway station

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Baglan Sands Halt railway station was a railway station on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay line which ran from the Rhondda Valley to Swansea on the Welsh coast in the county of Glamorgan.

History

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The 1996 Baglan railway station

The station was opened in 1933 by the Great Western Railway.Шаблон:Sfn A number of rifle ranges were located in the Baglan Burrow area facing towards Witford Point,[1] established since WWI[2] and then greatly expanded with an access road from near Baglan School. The range is recorded from 1898.[3]

Baglan Sands Halt opened in 1933 and closed in 1938, only to reopen briefly between May and September 1939.Шаблон:Sfn[4] The OS map published in 1964 shows the halt and indicates that it was disused.[5] and only a single rifle range is shown. A 'Baglan Rifle Range Association' is recorded in the National Archives.[6]

The halt was 16m 30c from the Rhondda & Swansea Bay Junction.[7] The site is now occupied by a factory and the Rhondda and Swansea Bay line has been closed since 1962.

A Baglan railway station was opened in 1996 on the old Great Western Railway's South Wales Main Line.

Notes

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References

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