Aberavon Town railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Aberavon Town


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 as Aberavon
years1 = December 1 1891
events1 = Station renamed Aberavon and Port Talbot
years2 = ?June 1895
events2 = Station renamed Port Talbot (Aberavon)
years3 = July 1 1924
events3 = Station renamed Aberavon Town
years4 = December 31 1962
events4 = Station closes

Aberavon Town railway station was a railway station on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay line which ran in the Rhondda Valley and Swansea area on the Welsh coast in the county of Glamorgan. Opened as Aberavon the station's name was changed twice before the emerging as Aberavon Town in 1924.

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.

The site today

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]