The Llynvi and Ogmore Railway was a Welsh mineral railway formed in 1866 by the amalgamation of the Llynvi Valley Railway, which had opened in 1861, and the Ogmore Valley Railway, which began operating in 1865, carrying coal, iron, zinc and limestone from collieries, foundries and smelting works in the Llynfi, Ogmore, Afan and Garw valleys of Glamorganshire to the Bristol Channel at Porthcawl over about 27 miles of track. The Great Western Railway took over management in 1873 and formally absorbed the company in 1883; most mineral traffic and passenger service declined after nationalization in 1948, though the Bridgend to Maesteg line reopened to passengers in 1992 and remains the network's principal surviving activity.
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