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Briton Ferry

Welsh: Llansawel
National Rail
General information
LocationBriton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Coordinates51°38′17″N 3°49′08″W / 51.638°N 3.819°W / 51.638; -3.819
Grid referenceSS741948
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBNF
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
8 July 1935[1]opened
2 November 1964[1]Closed
1 June 1994[1]Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 35,256
2019/20Decrease 33,618
2020/21Decrease 6,902
2021/22Increase 20,962
2022/23Increase 25,422
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.

  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.

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