Port Talbot Parkway railway station

Port Talbot Parkway

Welsh: Parcffordd Port Talbot
National Rail
General information
LocationPort Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Coordinates51°35′31″N 3°46′52″W / 51.592°N 3.781°W / 51.592; -3.781
Grid referenceSS766896
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePTA
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Original companySouth Wales Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
19 June 1850 (1850-06-19)Station opened as Port Talbot
5 June 1897Renamed Port Talbot and Aberavon
1 July 1924Renamed Port Talbot General
April 1947Renamed Port Talbot
3 December 1984Renamed Port Talbot Parkway
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.545 million
2020/21Decrease 0.129 million
2021/22Increase 0.388 million
2022/23Increase 0.472 million
2023/24Increase 0.539 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Port Talbot Parkway railway station is a railway station in Port Talbot, Wales. The station is located at street level near Station Road in Port Talbot town centre. It is 202 miles 59 chains (326 km) from London Paddington (via Stroud).[1]

  1. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 22C. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.