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| Location | Neath,Neath Port Talbot Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°39′43″N3°48′25″W / 51.662°N 3.807°W /51.662; -3.807 | ||||
| Grid reference | SS751974 | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | NTH | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
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| 2020/21 |  0.185 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.545 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.666 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.778 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.839 million | ||||
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Neath railway station is a main line railway station serving the town ofNeath, south Wales. Managed byTransport for Wales, the station is located at street level on Windsor Road, situated back from the street fronting a small car park. It is 208 miles 20 chains (335 km) fromLondon Paddington (via Stroud).[1]
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The surviving Neath railway station is one of four railway stations originally in Neath, and to distinguish it from the others was at one time namedNeath General, the suffix being applied before Nationalisation.[2]Neath Canalside served theRhondda and Swansea Bay Railway services until they ended in 1963.Neath Riverside (also at times known asNeath Bridge Street andNeath Low Level), served trains to and fromBrecon via theNeath and Brecon Railway, with an additional stop at Neath Abbey. The railway itself remains partly in use, linkingOnllwyn and the docks. The remains of the Neath Bridge Street station can be seen by looking down at the railway alongside the river bridge just before Neath railway station in the Swansea direction.
Neath General also acted as the western passenger terminus of theVale of Neath Railway for most of its life - trains running from here toPontypool Road viaAberdare andCrumlin High Level via a connecting curve at the west end of the station. These ceased in June 1964 (when the line fell victim to theBeeching Axe) and the link line was lifted, though parts of the old VoNR remains intact (but disused) as far asResolven and from Aberdare toHirwaun.
The present station buildings date from 1974, when the old GWR structures dating from 1886/87 were demolished and rebuilt in contemporary style byBritish Rail.
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The station has 2 platforms both accessed through ticket barriers:
The station is fully staffed, with the ticket office open all week. A ticket machine is also provided for use and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Other amenities provided in the main building on platform 2 include a buffet, waiting room, pay phone and toilets. A waiting room is available on platform 1 and both platforms have CIS displays, automated announcements and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available to the eastbound platform at all times and to the opposite side via a foot crossing when the station is staffed. However a public lift is provided on an overlooking footbridge.[3] Both platforms are considered short, with neither platform being able to fully contain a GWR train.[citation needed]
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The station is served byGreat Western Railway services betweenLondon Paddington and Swansea. The trains run hourly each way with peak extras andTransport for Wales regional trains betweenMilford Haven/Carmarthen andManchester Piccadilly via Cardiff,Newport andShrewsbury (also hourly), plus the two-hourly Swansea to Cardiff stopping trains.[4]
On Sundays the London - Swansea service runs hourly and the Milford Haven/Carmarthen - Manchester trains run every two hours.
Media related toNeath railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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