Skewen railway station

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Skewen

Sgiwen

Location

Place

Skewen

Local authority

Neath Port Talbot

Grid reference

SS724974

Operations

Station code

SKE

Managed by

Arriva Trains Wales

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

18,344

2005/06 *

16,961

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Skewen from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Skewen railway station is a minor railway station in Skewen, South 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 Swansea to Cardiff regional trains.

1 Facilities
2 History
3 External links
4 References

[edit] 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 purchase tickets on board trains.

[edit] 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.^[1]