Neath railway station

Neath
Castell-nedd
Location
Place	Neath
Local authority	Neath Port Talbot
Operations
Station code	NTH
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.473 million
2005/06 *	0.470 million
2006/07 *	0.566 million
2007/08 *	0.653 million
2008/09 *	0.732 million
2009/10 *	0.762 million
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Neath from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Neath railway station is a mainline railway station, serving Neath, Wales. The station is located at street level on Windsor Road in Neath town centre. Just outside the railway station is a bus station which is served National Express services.

History

The surviving Neath railway station is one of four railway stations originally in Neath, and to distinguish it from the others was at one time named Neath General, the suffix being applied before Nationalisation.^[1] Neath Canalside served the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway services until they ended in 1963. Neath Riverside (also at times known as Neath Bridge Street and Neath Low Level), served trains between Brecon and Swansea via the Swansea and Neath Railway, with an additional stop at Neath Abbey. The railway itself remains partly in use, linking Onllwyn and the docks. The remains of the Neath Bridge Street station can be seen by looking down at the railway alongside the river bridge just before Neath railway station in the Swansea direction.

Facilities

The station has 2 platforms:

• Platform 1, for westbound trains towards Swansea, Carmarthen and Milford Haven.
• Platform 2, for eastbound trains towards Cardiff Central, London Paddington and Manchester Piccadilly

Services

The station is served by both First Great Western main line services between London Paddington and Swansea (hourly each way with peak extras) and ATW regional trains between Milford Haven/Carmarthen and Manchester Piccadilly via Cardiff, Newport and Shrewsbury (also hourly), plus the two-hourly Swansea to Cardiff stopping trains.

On Sundays the London - Swansea service runs hourly and the Milford Haven/Carmarthen - Manchester trains run every two hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Briton Ferry		Arriva Trains Wales South Wales Main Line		Skewen
Port Talbot Parkway		First Great Western London Paddington - Carmarthen		Swansea

References

1. ^ Slater, J.N., ed (July 1974). "Notes and News: Western's last "General"". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 361. ISSN 0033-8923. 

External links

• Train times and station information for Neath railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°39′43″N 3°48′25″W / 51.662°N 3.807°W / 51.662; -3.807