TfW Mapping Errors

[krus_aragon]

You seem to have a line connecting Ponttardulais to Briton Ferry. Are there any trains? I've just tried to look on PSUL (Passenger Service Unusual Lines) and the TfW timetables that I could find, but couldn't really find such a service quickly.

The annual Builth Wells specials go that way.

 

[Quakkerillo]

It's the Swansea District line. I'm no expert on TfW services, but I think there are, or at least have been, a few Fishguard passenger services that use it to avoid Swansea. I've only been over it on charters though.

I'm not questioning the Swansea District Line; that's the bit from Llanelli via Llangennech to Briton Ferry avoiding Swansea. I'm asking about the connection from Pontarddulais to Briton Ferry; there is indeed a connection from the Heart Of Wales Line onto the Swansea Direct Line, however there are no trains that run on this in TfW normal service. All trains from/to the HOWL run via Llanelli. (Except that once-a-year special that the above user is talking about, of which I had no knowledge)

 

[DelW]

Yes, it's the third side of a triangular junction, rather than a separate line. It would just have seemed odd to me to miss it out when I was drawing the rest of the junction, though the show specials to Builth (which run on several days but yes, only on one week in the year) do offer some subsequent justification. I have travelled over that link in a charter train, although following that logic I'd have to add other freight-only branches too. Feel free to tippex it out if preferred