Aberavon Town railway station

Aberavon Town
Location
Place Aberavon
Area Neath Port Talbot
Operations
Original company Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Pre-grouping Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
14 March 1895 Station opens as Aberavon
1 December 1891 Station renamed Aberavon and Port Talbot
?June 1895 Station renamed Port Talbot (Aberavon)
1 July 1924 Station renamed Aberavon Town
31 December 1962 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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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.

References

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Bryn   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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