Station Name: MORRISTON WEST
![]() Morrison West station looking north towards Clase Road c.1950s, after closure to passengers.
Photo from John Mann collection ![]()
Morriston West Railway station looking towards Swansea. This view was taken in 1961, 5 years after the last passenger service had departed in 1956, however the line was to remain open to freight and diverted passenger traffic until 1964 and was completely closed 1965.
Photo from Steve Powell collection GWR 6400 class 6435 waits at Morriston West during a visit by the West Glamorgan Railway Society / Monmouthshire Railway Society Mid Glamorgan Rail Tour on 8 June 1963. 6435 was built at Swindon in 1937 and was withdrawn in October 1964. It was purchased by the Dart Valley Railway and arrived at Buckfastleigh in October 1965, straight from BR service. 6435 was used regularly in the line’s early days of preservation and, in the 1970s, was transferred to the Dart Valley Company’s Paignton to Kingswear line. In 2008, 6435 was declared too small for this heavily graded line and was purchased for use on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in Cornwall where it is operational following an overhaul in 2012. In February 2024 the locomotive and an auto-trailer was purchased by Jonathon Jones-Pratt who is the chairman of the West Somerset Railway.Photo by David Pearson
Morriston West station looking north from the goods siding in August 1972.
Photo by John Mann
Morriston West station looking south from Clase Road in September 1976. The south end of the platforms has already been demolished to make way for a new car park.
Photo by Nick Catford ![]() Street level booking office on Clase Road in May 1998.
Photo by Vectocraft. Reproduced from Geograph under creative commons licence
Looking south towards the site of Morriston West station in May 1998. The car park beyond Clase Road bridge is the site of the station.
Photo by Vectocraft. Reproduced from Geograph under creative commons licence ![]() The site of Morriston West station seen from Clase Road bridge in November 2010.
Photo by Steve Powell
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