 In 1915 Plas-bach Colliery lay to the west with a substantial rail network and several transfer sidings stood on the line towards Pontyates station.What may have been a public siding lay to the west of the station, nearly parallel to the platform.Caepontbren Colliery was to the north, an anthracite mine operating between 1902–11 and re-opened by the New Caepontbren Colliery Company shortly after and the line running into it from the north, effectively made the aforementioned loop.