Briton Ferry railway station

Railway station in Neath Port Talbot, Wales

Briton Ferry

Welsh: Llansawel

General information
Location| Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Coordinates| 51°38′17″N 3°49′08″W﻿ / ﻿51.638°N 3.819°W﻿ / 51.638; -3.819
Grid reference| SS741948
Managed by| Transport for Wales
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| BNF
Classification| DfT category F1
History
Post-grouping| Great Western Railway
Key dates
8 July 1935[1]| opened
2 November 1964[1]| Closed
1 June 1994[1]| Reopened
Passengers
2019/20|  33,618
2020/21|  6,902
2021/22|  20,962
2022/23|  25,422
2023/24|  31,274

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Briton Ferry railway station is a minor station in the village of Briton Ferry, south Wales. It is 206 miles 40 chains (332.3 km) from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud.[2] The station is located at ground level at Shelone Road in Briton Ferry. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by Transport for Wales Swanline regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff.

The station is sited within the Cwrt Sart junction complex where the Swansea District Line meets the South Wales Main Line. The present station opened on 1 June 1994, which replaced an earlier station that closed to passengers on 2 November 1964 and to goods services on 6 September 1965.

## Facilities

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The old Briton Ferry railway station closed to passengers in 1964 and to goods services in 1965.

The station has 2 platforms:

* Platform 1, for westbound trains towards Swansea
* Platform 2, for eastbound trains towards Cardiff Central

The station is unmanned - there is no ticket office nor are there any platform entry barriers. Passengers must purchase tickets on board trains.

## Services

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The typical service pattern is one train approximately every two hours in each direction. Some westbound trains continue on to Carmarthen and Milford Haven. There is no Sunday service. A normal weekday service operates on most Bank Holidays.[3]

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Baglan |  | Transport for Wales
Swanline |  | Neath

## References

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1. ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 45.
2. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 23A. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
3. ^ Table 128 National Rail timetable, May 2016

## Sources

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* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

## External links

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Media related to Briton Ferry railway station at Wikimedia Commons

* Train times and station information for Briton Ferry railway station from National Rail

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Transport in Neath Port Talbot

Road|

* M4 motorway
* European route E30
* A48 road
* A465 road
* A474 road
* A483 road
* A4063 road
* A4107 road
* A4067 road
* A4069 road
* A4109 road
* A4221 road
* A4230 road
* A4241 road

Bus|

* First Cymru
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* Neath bus station
* Neath railway station
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Cycling|

* National Cycle Route 4
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Railway lines|

* South Wales Main Line
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Railway stations|

* Skewen
* Neath
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* Port of Port Talbot
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