St Thomas, Swansea St Thomas, Swansea St Thomas is a suburban district and community in Swansea, Wales. It is a mainly residential area which lies east of Swansea city centre across the River Tawe and falls within the St Thomas ward. Fabian Way divides the traditional residential area from Swansea Docks, which has been developed during the 2010s to create a new area of commercial activities and apartments. At the 2011 UK Census the community had a population of 7,187. Local amenities in the area include the recently built St Thomas Community Primary school which also incorporates the old Margaret Street Nursery school,
Swansea Bay railway station Central Wales line, most of which is still operational as the Heart of Wales Line. Swansea Bay closed in June 1964, having been listed in the Report on the Reshaping of British Railways (better known as the Beeching Report) the previous year. The former station is near Blackpill and the Clyne Valley Country Park and was adjacent to the Swansea and Mumbles Railway which was closed in 1960. Much of the trackbed is now part of the A4607 road towards Swansea Victoria. Swansea Bay railway station Swansea Bay is a former railway station in Swansea next to Swansea Bay, in