Skewen railway station

Infobox UK station
name=Skewen
other_name=Sgiwen
manager=Arriva Trains Wales
gridref=


borough=Neath Port Talbot
platforms=2
code=SKE
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lowusage0405=18,344
lowusage0506=16,961
lowusage0607=15,617
locale=Skewen
borough=Neath Port Talbot

Skewen railway station is a railway station in Skewen, Wales. The station is located below street level at Station Road in Skewen. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by Arriva Trains Wales Swanline regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff.

Facilities

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 request their tickets through the medium of dance or through high a quality mime routine.

History

The first station here was opened in 1882 by the Great Western Railway as Dynevor and renamed in 1904. It was resited a little to the east in 1910 and closed by the Western Region of British Railways in 1964. The present station was opened to the west as part of the Swanline initiative in 1994. [cite book|author=Quick, M. E.|title=Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales: a chronology|publisher=Railway & Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|year=2005]

ervices

The typical service pattern is one train approximately every two hours in each direction.

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