General information | |||||
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Location | Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51°35′31″N 3°46′52″W / 51.592°N 3.781°W | ||||
Grid reference | SS766896 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | PTA | ||||
Classification | DfT category D | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | South Wales Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
19 June 1850 | Station opened as Port Talbot | ||||
5 June 1897 | Renamed Port Talbot and Aberavon | ||||
1 July 1924 | Renamed Port Talbot General | ||||
April 1947 | Renamed Port Talbot | ||||
3 December 1984 | Renamed Port Talbot Parkway | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.545 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.129 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.388 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.472 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.539 million | ||||
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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]