Briton Ferry Welsh:Llansawel
General information
Location	Briton Ferry,Neath Port Talbot Wales
Coordinates	51°38′17″N3°49′08″W / 51.638°N 3.819°W /51.638; -3.819
Grid reference	SS741948
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BNF
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
8 July 1935[1]	opened
2 November 1964[1]	Closed
1 June 1994[1]	Reopened
Passengers
2019/20	33,618
2020/21	6,902
2021/22	20,962
2022/23	25,422
2023/24	31,274
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Briton Ferry railway station is a minor station in the village ofBriton Ferry, south Wales. It is 206 miles 40 chains (332.3 km) from the zero point atLondon Paddington, measured via Stroud.^[2] The station is located at ground level at Shelone Road in Briton Ferry. It is a stop on theSouth Wales Main Line, served byTransport for WalesSwanline regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff.

The station is sited within the Cwrt Sart junction complex where theSwansea District Line meets theSouth 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.

The station has 2 platforms:

• Platform 1, for westbound trains towardsSwansea
• Platform 2, for eastbound trains towardsCardiff Central

The station is unstaffed - there is no ticket office nor are there any platform entry barriers. Passengers must purchase tickets on board trains.

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.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Baglan		Transport for Wales Swanline		Neath

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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.OL 11956311M.

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• Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
• Beeching closures in Wales
• South Wales Main Line
• Briton Ferry

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