page_title: Skewen Dram Road
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Skewen Dram Road / Route
caption_attribution_description: English: Skewen Dram Road superimposed onto OpenStreetMap map
context_page_description: The Skewen Dram Road was a 3 miles long mining railway near Skewen in Wales with a gauge of 2 feet 7 ¹⁄₂ inches.
context_section_description: The railway was built to take coal from Dyffryn and Bryncoch to Skewen Wharf via the Skewen Incline.
  In 1871 the New Neath Abbey Coal Company, who operated the dram road across New Road, was requested to install level crossing gates. These were painted white and hence gave their name to the location, which is still known as White Gates.
caption: Route of former Skewen Dram Road superimposed onto modern map
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