Swansea The Mount railway station

Swansea The Mount
General information
LocationSwansea
Wales
Coordinates51°37′05″N 3°56′18″W / 51.6180°N 3.9383°W / 51.6180; -3.9383
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyOystermouth Railway
Pre-groupingSwansea and Mumbles Railway

The Mount, which was located in Swansea on the Oystermouth Railway and which first opened to passengers in 1807, was the world's first recorded railway station.[1] It was the point on the railway at which Benjamin French commenced to pick up passengers for the journey to Oystermouth (also known as Mumbles) on or after 25 March 1807.[2] The station's physical form is not known, and it is unlikely that any special facilities (e.g. platforms, booking office, etc.) were provided, but its location was close to the later site of the Royal Institution of South Wales (Swansea Museum).[1]

  1. ^ a b Hughes, Stephen (1990), The Archaeology of an Early Railway System: The Brecon Forest Tramroads, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, p. 333, ISBN 1871184053, retrieved 9 February 2014
  2. ^ Carradice, Phil (24 March 2011), The Mumbles Railway, BBC Wales, retrieved 9 February 2014