Aberavon Town railway station

Aberavon Town
The site of the station in 2017
General information
Location	Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Pre-grouping	Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 November 1885	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
3 December 1962	Station 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

The station has been completely removed without a trace. The site has now been taken over by a Tesco and a canal on the right side.

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
• 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