Briton Ferry | |
Native Name: | Welsh: Llansawel |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot |
Country: | Wales |
Coordinates: | 51.638°N -3.819°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | Transport for Wales |
Platforms: | 2 |
Code: | BNF |
Classification: | DfT category F1 |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
Years2: | 8 July 1935 |
Events2: | opened |
Years3: | 2 November 1964 |
Events3: | Closed |
Years4: | 1 June 1994 |
Events4: | Reopened |
Footnotes: | 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 206miles from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud.[1] 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.
The station has 2 platforms:
The station is unmanned - there is no ticket office nor are there any platform entry barriers. Passengers must purchase tickets on board trains.
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.