Station to Station is a celebration of the railways of the South Wales Valleys, and the people that live and work around them. Since 2020, students from our course have travelled the network each year for an intense three-day immersion into the communities residing there. This publication showcases a selection of the outstanding work that has been produced during these assignments.
Mentored by a team of professional photographers, students have travelled the Rhymney, Treherbert, and Merthyr Tydfil lines in search of stories, venturing out on bright sunny days, as well as braving downpours and dramatic storms. By creating this collective body of work, the students offer an insight into the rich tapestry of contemporary life in the valleys.
The rail network itself has seen a dramatic transformation over the course of the project. The Arriva Trains Wales contract came to an end, and a new, publicly owned organisation - Transport for Wales - took its place. Station to Station thus documents the arrival of new t