Briton Ferry railway station

Briton Ferry
Welsh: Llansawel
Location
Place	Briton Ferry
Local authority	Neath Port Talbot
Grid reference	SS741948
Operations
Station code	BNF
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	18,687
2005/06 *	18,019
2006/07 *	18,332
2007/08 *	22,656
2008/09 *	24,920
History
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
19 June 1850	Opened as Briton Ferry
1 July 1924	Renamed Briton Ferry West
8 July 1935	Resited 465m north and renamed
2 November 1964	Closed
1 June 1994	Reopened
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Briton Ferry from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Briton Ferry railway station is a minor railway station in the village of Briton Ferry, Wales. The station is located at street level at Shelone Road in Briton Ferry. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by the Arriva Trains 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

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

The typical service pattern is one train approximately every hour in each direction. Some westbound trains continue on to Carmarthen & Milford Haven. The current Sunday service is very limited, with just two trains each way calling. A normal weekday service operates on most Bank Holidays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Baglan		Arriva Trains Wales South Wales Main Line		Neath

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

External links

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