Aberavon Seaside railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberavon (Seaside)


caption =
locale = Aberavon, Wales, UK
borough = Glamorgan
line = Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
manager = Great Western Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = March 14 1895
events = Station opens
years1 = December 2 1962
events1 = Station closes

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

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0

*Railscot [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Rhondda_and_Swansea_Bay_Railway/frame.htm]