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Aberavon Seaside railway station

Coordinates: 51°35′40″N 3°47′57″W / 51.59432°N 3.79926°W / 51.59432; -3.79926
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Aberavon (Seaside)
The site of the station in 2017
General information
LocationAberavon, Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened14 March 1895
Closed3 December 1962
Original companyRhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Pre-groupingRhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway

Aberavon (Seaside) railway station was a railway station on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay line which ran from the Rhondda Valley to Swansea on the Welsh coast in the county of Glamorgan.

History

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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

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  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
  • Aberavon Seaside station on navigable O. S. map


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Aberavon Town   Great Western Railway
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
  Baglan Sands

51°35′40″N 3°47′57″W / 51.59432°N 3.79926°W / 51.59432; -3.79926