Briton Ferry railway station

Briton Ferry railway station is a minor station in the village of Briton Ferry, south Wales. It is 181.5 miles (292 km) from London Paddington. The station is located at street 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.

Briton Ferry Welsh: Llansawel
Location	Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot Wales
Coordinates	51.638°N 3.819°W
Grid reference	SS741948
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BNF
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
19 June 1850[1]	Opened as Briton Ferry
1 July 1924[1]	Renamed Briton Ferry West
8 July 1935[1]	Resited 465m north and renamed
2 November 1964[1]	Closed
1 June 1994[1]	Reopened
Passengers
2015/16	35,224
2016/17	36,900
2017/18	33,868
2018/19	35,256
2019/20	33,618
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

Facilities

The old Briton Ferry railway station closed to passengers in 1964 and to goods services in 1965.

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 purchase tickets on board trains.

Services

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.[2]

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 45.
2. Table 128 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

External links

Media related to Briton Ferry railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Briton Ferry railway station from National Rail