Cockett railway station

There have been recent proposals to reopen the station as part of the Welsh Government's Rail infrastructure investment.

The tunnel suffered a partial collapse in 1899, which was held to have been caused by the resumption of pumping operations at the long-closed Weig-fawr colliery,[2] owned by Philip Richard (II), the flooded workings of which extended beneath the tunnel.

The tunnel was completely closed for four weeks, after which traffic was resumed on a single line, but it was not fully restored until 1903,[3] by which time steel ribs had been inserted into the bore of the tunnel at its eastern end (not the location of the collapse) to strengthen the roof.

[6][7] The banks of the cutting were so unstable that even during this opening-out work, timber horseshoe shoring was required.

Option 13, on page 4 of the executive summary, recommends the re-opening of Cockett Station as part of the Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro.