Aberavon Town railway station

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Aberavon Town
LocationAberavon, Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyRhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Pre-groupingRhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 November 1885Station opens as Aberavon
1 December 1891Station renamed Aberavon and Port Talbot
?June 1895Station renamed Port Talbot (Aberavon)
1 July 1924Station renamed Aberavon Town
3 December 1962Station closes

Aberavon Town railway station was a railway station on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay line which ran in the Rhondda Valley and Swansea area on the Welsh coast in the county of Glamorgan. Opened as Aberavon the station's name was changed twice before the emerging as Aberavon Town in 1924.

History[]

The station was incorporated into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, Passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

The site today[]

References[]

  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
  • A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0
  • Railscot [1]
  • Aberavon Town station on navigable O. S. map


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Aberavon Seaside   Great Western Railway
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
  Cwmavon

Coordinates: 51°35′48″N 3°46′59″W / 51.59672°N 3.78319°W / 51.59672; -3.78319


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