Neath and Brecon Railway

The Neath and Brecon Railway was a British railway company in south-west Wales.

The company was founded as " Dulas Valley Mineral Railway" on July 20, 1862. It was planned by the construction of a railway line between Neath and Onllwyn in the valley of the Dulas to develop this area.

On 2 October 1864, the Company changed its name to " Neath and Brecon Railway" after she received the concession for further construction to Brecon. There was a transition to the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway. 1865, the first locomotive of the type Fairlie was used with the PROGRESS.

On 3 June 1867, the railway line was opened to Brecon. On July 26, 1869, the Company, the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway took over in Colbren Junction was a connection. For this she received route rights to use the Swansea Vale Railway to Swansea. At the same time she had the Swansea Vale Railway track use rights grant over the entire site network. The rights went 1874 on the Midland Railway over. At the same time leased the Neath to Brecon Railway its route network to the Midland Railway. With the Railways Act 1921, the company was slammed from 1 January 1922, the Great Western Railway. The Midland Railway was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and this took the rights to circa 1930 was terminated when the lease.

The line was closed under the Beeching Axe 1962/1963. On 1 July 1964, the section was to Neath Onllwyn again put into operation by the connection of a mining operation to ensure.