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
The station was opened in 1933 by the Great Western Railway. A number of rifle ranges were located in the Baglan Burrow area facing towards Witford Point,OS Map 1:1m 1920s - 1940s established since WWI Glamorgan XXIV.8, Revised: 1914, Published: 1918 and then greatly expanded with an access road from near Baglan School. The range is recorded from 1898.RCAHMW - Historic Place Names
Baglan Sands Halt opened in 1933 and closed in 1938, only to reopen briefly between May and September 1939. The OS map published in 1964 shows the halt and indicates that it was disused. SS79SW & part of SS78NW - A, Surveyed / Revised: Pre-1930 to 1964, Published: 1964 and only a single rifle range is shown. A 'Baglan Rifle Range Association' is recorded in the National Archives.National Archives
The halt was 16m 30c from the Rhondda & Swansea Bay Junction. 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.
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References
External links RAILSCOT on Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway