Skewen is a village within the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The village is served by Skewen railway station. Skewen supports its own rugby club. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Along Old Railways Chepstow - Tintern Quarry 'Wye Valley Line' Explore
Melancholy look at a section of the Wye Valley Line that ran between Chepstow & Tintern Quarry (on the England Wales border) up until 1981, opening segment running till 1990, also as a quarry line.
Britain's LEAST used train station revealed but just how many people DO use it
Britain's LEAST used train station revealed - but just how many people DO use it.Barry Links between Dundee and Carnoustie had just 24 passengers entering or exiting in 2016-17.But even that is an improvement on 2002-03 when only eight passengers used it - excluding season ticket holders.The unstaffed station has one train a day in each direction and no ticket office, ticket machine or toilet but it does offer bicycle storage facilities.In contrast, the busiest station was London Waterloo with 99.4 million passengers in the past year.This marks an increase on 2015/16 or more than 250,000 for services between London and the south coast.London Victoria was second on 75.8million with Birmingham New Street the only station from outside London in the top 10, with 42.3million which put it in sixth place.Glasgow Central retained its position as Scotland's busiest station, with passengers using it 32 million times, and Cardiff Central was top in Wales with more than 12.5 million entries and exits.In total, there were more than 2.9 billion entries and exits at all rail stations in Great Britain in 2015/16, an increase of 0.4 per cent on the previous year.Other little used stations include Teesside Airport with 30 entries and exits, Breich in West Lothian (48), British Steel, Redcar (50), Kildonan in the Highlands (76) and Reddish South in Stockport (94).Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire was the least used station in 2015/16, but publicity of the figures led to its usage jumping from 12 to 156 passengers.Details emerged days after Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced his plan to reverse some of the controversial Beeching Cuts which shut down thousands of miles of railway track in the 1960s.He hopes to reopen some of the lines to help cope with rising demand on the railway and to unlock sites for housing and business.