Station code SKE DfT category F2 | Grid reference SS723974 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 37,188 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Similar Baglan railway station, Briton Ferry railway station, Llansamlet railway station, Pyle railway station, Neath railway station | ||
Skewen railway station is a railway station in Skewen, 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 regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff.
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Facilities
The station has 2 platforms:
The station is unmanned; there is no ticket office or platform barrier. Passengers must buy their tickets from the conductor on the train.
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.
Services
The typical service pattern is one train approximately every two hours in each direction. Trains operate mainly to Cardiff and Swansea, but some westbound services continue to Carmarthen and Milford Haven.
There was a very limited service (two trains each way) on Sundays, but no trains stop here. A normal weekday service operates on most bank holidays.