GWR Porthcawl and Kenfig Branch

Opened : 1829 as the Duffryn Llynfi and Porthcawl Tramway, absorbed into the GWR as part of the Llynfi Vale Railway in 1861 and converted to steam haulage.


	Cefn J to Kenfig Hill - Section is open and accessible. THe signalbox at the site of Cefn Junction remains but is locked and the quarter mile of trackbed between Bedford Road and the signalbox could be driven. The gate on the western side of the level crossing remains, along with the crossing keeper's house, now a private residence. The trackbed between the level crossing and the site of Kenfig Hill station has been turned into a footpath / cycleway and is partly tarmacced.
	The section from Kenfig Hill to Pyle is also walkable as far as the mainline railway, passing over two bridges over streams, these had dried up in 2005 due to a hot dry summer. The cutting in Kenfig has been infilled and bridges over the railway demolished. However, the route can be walked as a narrow park. To the south of Kenfig, the trackbed is part of a nature reserve as far as the mainline and is easily accessible.
	Access to the trackbed is very fragmentary in the Pyle area. A short section of the western spur can be viewed from the North Cornelly link road bridge, and a short section of the cutting to the south of Cornelly can be accessed with difficulty and two bridges over this cutting remain.
	Approximately a mile of trackbed to the north of Nottage remains, although used as a farm access track. Nottage tunnel has been backfilled and nothing remains of the trackbed between Nottage and Porthcawl.

Cefn Junction signalbox	Approaching Cefn Junction	Bedford Road crossing	East of Kenfig Hill
Site of Kenfig Hill halt	Drainage culvert west of Kenfig	Drainage culvert west of Kenfig	Drainage culvert west of Kenfig
Drainage culvert west of Kenfig	Kenfig	Kenfig	Kenfig
Footpath bridge at Kenfig	Passing under GWR mainline at Pyle	North of Cornelly Link Road	Cornelly Link Road
South of Cornelly Link Road	South Cornelly cutting	End of trackbed at golf course
South of golf course	South of golf course	Moor Lane	North of Nottage
Nottage Halt	Nottage	Nottage	Nottage Tunnel approach cutting