The Swansea to Mumbles Railway was one of the world's longest passenger railways before it shut in the 1960s [AFP via Getty Images] The Orient Express, the Trans-Siberian Railway or even the Hogwarts ...

IN ITS pomp as the world’s first passenger railway, the Mumbles train carried thousands of Victorian tourists around the sweep of Swansea’s famous seafront. IN ITS pomp as the world’s first passenger ...

Today, many people in Swansea still remember seeing the bright red trains trundling their way from the city centre to Mumbles Pier. The railway was established by an act of parliament in 1804. When it ...

It is something that many people in Swansea still wish that the city had to this day. The Mumbles Train was iconic in Swansea and was the first railway in the world to regularly carry fare-paying ...

The Mumbles Railway was the first passenger carrying railway in the world. The Swansea foreshore tramcars were the most punctual and effective mode of transport in Swansea. Train times were rarely ...

The Orient Express, the Trans-Siberian Railway or even the Hogwarts Express. Every train journey in history can trace its origins back to one humble railway by the seaside. It may not have felt like ...