Blaengwynfi railway station

Blaengwynfi is a village in the community of Gwynfi and Croeserw, in the Neath Port Talbot area of South Wales.

Abergwynfi railway station served the villages of Abergwynfi and Blaengwynfi in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The station was the terminus of the line from Bridgend via Maesteg.

Abergwynfi is a village in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in the community of Gwynfi and Croeserw. Abergwynfi is the first half of a village of two parts, the other being Blaengwynfi. The names of the two villages mean "Mouth of the Gwynfi" and "Source of the Gwynfi" respectively, the Gwynfi being the (rather short) river that separates the two. Aber and Blaengwynfi are generally referred to as "The Cape" by residents of the two villages and the neighbouring few. This term comes from when the villages were marketed as "The Cape of Good Hope" during the years when coal mining was very important to the valleys.Abergwynfi is located within the Afan Forest Park which is a popular mountain bike centre.

Gwynfi is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Gwynfi includes the villages if Abergwynfi and Blaengwynfi. Gwynfi is part of the community of Glyncorrwg and the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. Gwynfi is bounded by the wards of: Glyncorrwg to the northwest; Treherbert of Rhondda Cynon Taff to the east; Blaengarw of Bridgend county borough to the south; and Cymmer to the west. The northern part of the ward is covered in woodland whereas the south of the ward comprises open moorland. In June 2018, Labour's Ralph Thomas resigned as councillor. On 16 August 2018, a by-election was held, the electorate turnout was 51.3%. Jane Jones was returned to the seat, having previously been councillor until May 2012. The swing in votes was attributed to a threat from the Labour controlled council to close Cymer Afan School. The results were: In the 2017 local council elections, the results were: In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 63.84%. The results were:

The A4107 road is an A road in Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. It begins in Port Talbot and heads up the Afan Valley in a north easterly direction. It then continues over the moors eastwards until it connects with the A4061 road south west of Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley.

The Rhondda Tunnel is an abandoned railway tunnel that runs between the Rhondda and the Afan Valleys in South Wales. It is 3,443 yards (3,148 m) long, making it the third longest railway tunnel in Wales, and the seventeenth longest in the United Kingdom.The tunnel, constructed by the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, was engineered by Sydney William Yockney. In June 1885, construction commenced from Blaencwm in the Rhondda Valley and Blaengwynfi in the Afan Valley. Progress slowed because of manpower shortages and water seepage. Progress was restored when the original contractor, William Jones, was replaced by Lucas and Aird, who brought in more men. Completed on 2 July 1890, the tunnel has a single 58-foot (18 m) ventilation shaft around 105 yards (96 m) from its western end. It is almost 1,000 feet (300 m) feet below the surface at its deepest point. The tunnel's single track line split into double track on either side of its portals. Within decades of opening, the tunnel lining became distorted because of mining activity in the close vicinity. Between 1938 and 1953, around 500 steel ribs were installed to address the issue but it continued to deteriorate and speed limits were imposed. In 1969, the tunnel was closed temporarily on safety grounds. In December 1970, the Ministry of Transport closed the tunnel permanently, rather than financing repairs. In 1980, both entrances were filled. During the 2010s, the tunnel was surveyed with the intention of reopening it as a cycleway.

Glyncorrwg is a village in the Afan Valley, in southern Wales. Glyncorrwg is also the name of an electoral ward and formerly a community covering the village and surrounding countryside, in Neath Port Talbot county borough. Glyncorrwg is part of the community known as the Afan Valleys, which also contains the villages of Abergwynfi, Blaengwynfi, Croeserw, Cymmer, Abercregan, Duffryn and Glyncorwg itself. The population of the community of Glyncorrwg was recorded as 5,544 in the 2001 census, reducing to 5,283 at the 2011 census. The population of the Glyncorrwg electoral ward was 1,096 at the 2011 census.

Glyncorrwg railway station served the village of Glyncorrwg, in the historic county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1918 to the 1960s on the South Wales Mineral Railway.

Croeserw is a village of approximately 1,380 inhabitants in Gwynfi and Croeserw, Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

Nantewlaeth Colliery Halt railway station served Nantewlaeth Colliery, located in the village of Glyncorrwg, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1940 to 1955 on the South Wales Mineral Railway.

Cymmer Afan railway station served the village of Cymmer, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1885 to 1970 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

Cymmer (Welsh: Cymer) is a small village in the community of Cymer and Glyncorrwg, in Neath Port Talbot in Wales, set on a hillside in the Afan Valley near the confluence of the River Afan and the River Corrwg. In 2001, Cymmer had a population of 2,883.