Aberavon Seaside railway station

Aberavon (Seaside)
The site of the station in 2017
General information
Location	Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	14 March 1895
Closed	3 December 1962
Original company	Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Pre-grouping	Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Location

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

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

• 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″N3°47′57″W / 51.59432°N 3.79926°W / 51.59432; -3.79926