Tower Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Tower Colliery
Chronology Dates
| 29/07/1973 | Aberdare Railway
Vale of Neath Railway Connection made from Cwmbach Junction to the former route of the Vale of Neath Railway. A crossing of the River Cynon required a bridge and a bridge from the Oxford and Princes Risborough line was used. Vale of Neath Railway reopened from there to Aberdare to provide access to Tower Colliery. |
News items
| 22/02/2017 | Tower train marks end of Welsh coal era at Aberthaw [BBC News] |
