Briton Ferry railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Briton Ferry

Welsh: *Llansawel*
Briton Ferry; Welsh: Llansawel
General information
Location	Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot; Wales
Coordinates	51°38′17″N 3°49′08″W / 51.638°N 3.819°W
Grid reference	SS741948
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BNF
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
8 July 1935	opened
2 November 1964	Closed
1 June 1994	Reopened
Passengers
2018/19	35,256
2019/20	33,618
2020/21	6,902
2021/22	20,962
2022/23	25,422
Notes
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.

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 two hours in each direction. Some westbound trains continue on to Carmarthen and Milford Haven. There is no Sunday service. A normal weekday service operates on most Bank Holidays.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Baglan		Transport for Wales Swanline		Neath

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Butt 1995, p. 45.
^ 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.
^ Table 128 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

Media related to Briton Ferry railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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

[FOOTNOTEButt199545-1] 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.

[3] Table 128 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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