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port talbot parkway railway station wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 early history 1 2 21st century redevelopment 2 facilities 3 services 4 references 5 external links toggle the table of contents port talbot parkway railway station 4 languages مصرى cymraeg nederlands اردو edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 51 35 31 n 3 46 52 w 51 592 n 3 781 w 51 592 3 781 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia railway station in wales port talbot parkway welsh parcffordd port talbot general information location port talbot neath port talbot wales coordinates 51 35 31 n 3 46 52 w 51 592 n 3 781 w 51 592 3 781 grid reference ss766896 manager 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 1850 06 19 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 2020 21 0 129 million 2021 22 0 388 million 2022 23 0 472 million 2023 24 0 539 million 2024 25 0 612 million location 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 history edit early history edit up pembroke coast express in 1962 the former station building and footbridge in march 2012 the first section of the south wales railway between chepstow and swansea which included the station originally named port talbot opened either on 18 june 1850 2 or on 19 june 1850 3 the station was renamed several times to port talbot and aberavon on 5 june 1897 to port talbot general on 1 july 1924 3 the suffix distinguishing it from other stations in port talbot 4 later reverting to the original port talbot in april 1947 finally becoming port talbot parkway on 3 december 1984 3 while it now bears the title parkway it is not a parkway station per se it was named parkway in the 1980s by british rail when the old goods shed and yard were converted to a large car park with freight handling moved to margam knuckle yard to encourage patronage of eastbound commuters from the neath and swansea valley areas the idea was that overall travel time could be saved by catching the train at port talbot instead of neath or swansea because of the low line speed west of port talbot and the limited parking at the other two stations there were originally two stations near to the current site one of which was aberavon town which was on the old rhondda and swansea bay railway route and the other being the nearby terminus of the port talbot railway named port talbot central 21st century redevelopment edit aerial view of the new footbridge during construction work may 2016 a transport interchange formed part of the redevelopment of the station tesco planned to vacate its current store site near the aberafan centre and build a new store beside the station featuring a superstore petrol station and car park however this was rejected by the local council and the land remains undeveloped 5 the resignalling activity in the port talbot area during 2006 2007 has provided a new signalled turnback facility in both directions there are proposals for the present transport for wales swanline service which has one train every two hours between swansea and cardiff central to be altered to a service which terminates at port talbot parkway and operate on an hourly basis between swansea and port talbot parkway 6 the council announced in early 2011 the plans for a new ticket office and platform bridge at the station including a lift for disabled access and a 200 space car park redevelopment work on the station began in may 2014 and was completed in late 2016 at a cost of 11 million 7 facilities edit the station is of the island type and has 2 platforms platform 1 for westbound trains towards swansea and west wales line platform 2 for eastbound trains towards cardiff central newport london paddington and manchester piccadilly the ticket office is open seven days per week with a self service ticket machine provided for use and collecting advance purchase tickets a waiting room and toilets are located on the platform with the platform and ticket hall linked by a fully accessible footbridge with lifts installed in 2016 train running information is offered via cis displays automatic announcements and timetable posters 8 services edit the station is served by both great western railway main line services between london paddington and swansea hourly each way with peak extras and transport for wales regional trains between milford haven carmarthen and manchester piccadilly via cardiff central newport and shrewsbury also hourly plus the two hourly swansea to cardiff stopping trains 9 on sundays the london swansea great western railway service runs hourly with a two hourly service extended to carmarthen transport for wales milford haven carmarthen manchester piccadilly services are hourly preceding station national rail following station pyle transport for wales swanline baglan bridgend transport for wales swansea district line llanelli transport for wales south wales main line neath great western railway london swansea historical railways pyle line and station open great western railway south wales main line margam halt line open station closed references edit 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 macdermot e t 1927 history of the great western railway vol i 1833 1863 paddington great western railway pp 303 563 1 2 3 butt r v j 1995 the directory of railway stations yeovil patrick stephens ltd p 190 isbn 1 85260 508 1 r508 slater j n ed july 1974 notes and news western s last general railway magazine 120 879 london ipc transport press ltd 361 issn 0033 8923 store will revitalise town not harm it tesco insists wales online wales route utilisation strategy draft for consultation pdf archived from the original pdf on 7 june 2011 retrieved 21 july 2008 port talbot parkway station footbridge opens network rail media centre press release 28 february 2016 retrieved 21 july 2017 port talbot station facilities national rail enquiries table 125 128 national rail timetable may 2017 external links edit media related to port talbot parkway railway station at wikimedia commons train times and station information for port talbot parkway railway station from national rail v t e transport in neath port talbot road m4 motorway european route e30 a48 road a465 road a474 road a483 road a4063 road a4107 road a4067 road a4069 road a4109 road a4221 road a4230 road a4241 road bus first cymru national express neath bus station neath railway station port talbot bus station cycling national cycle route 4 national cycle route 43 railway lines south wales main line swansea district line railway stations skewen neath briton ferry baglan port talbot parkway margam knuckle yard sea port of port talbot river neath canals neath and tennant canal transport portal wales portal retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title port_talbot_parkway_railway_station oldid 1351428695 categories railway stations in neath port talbot dft category d stations former great western railway stations railway stations in great britain opened in 1850 south wales main line railway stations served by transport for wales rail railway stations served by great western railway port talbot 1850 establishments in wales hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use dmy dates from may 2017 use british english from may 2017 all wikipedia articles written in british english pages using gadget wikiminiatlas articles containing welsh language text coordinates on wikidata articles with os grid coordinates articles using infobox station with markup inside name articles using infobox station with links or images inside name pages with no open date in infobox station 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