This small bus station has all the pull-in bays beside the pavement on Orchard Street. There is no…read morebuilding to wait inside but each bay has a canopy over the top to shelter you from the rain. In dry weather it's possible to sit on the low wall which skirts the park. Each bay is numbered and there is a local time table for each one. Neath town centre is only a few minutes walk from here.

I know what ducks see. I know what geese see. But what did the swan see? It saw this station…read more Swansea is a beautiful old station with a nice white gray facade. It is a station which gets a lot of trains coming in herem, and is the Terminus of several lines, so the tracks don't really go past here, it's the end of the line. If you want to continue to points west, as they say, the train stops in here then goes back out the way it came and continues westwards. It's a beautiful city with beautiful landscape around here, and even though it's far away from everything, the train can get you here in no time, and the station is located right in the centre of things so that is very helpful as well. It's definitely one of the better stations in Wales, and it has a nice Plaza Courtyard in front of it as well. It's about 215 miles from London and after the other three major South Wales stations in the Cardiff area (Newport, Queen St, Cardiff Ctrl), this is the 4th busiest in the whole country. It is a little bit of a problem because trains have to either terminate here (Arnie style), or reverse to continue, or not even stop here. So the design of the tracks is a little problematic in that regard, but mostly they just reverse from here and continue. They only have four platforms but it's still one of my favourites. And the people are pretty friendly here as well. In fact, to emphasize that, they even won the international station of the year at UK Awards.

This is an old station definitely in need of a revamp. However, it functions perfectly well, so you…read morecan't really complain. The station has a small cafe and a small newsagent. It has 4 platforms, and because Swansea is the end of the line, they can all be accessed without having to go up or down stairs - so it's ideal for those with mobility problems. The station is the end of the line for the inter-city service to London, which operates every hour, and takes 3 hours. A great way to get to London for a short trip. The station is located about a mile from the main Quadrant shopping centre, so it's best to catch a cab or the bus if you're heading over to the shops.

Ellie Goulding may be a racist, and that may be why they call her "Klan-Ellie", which is not to be…read moreconfused with this city in South Wales. This is a large station with large overhanging covers on both sides of the platforms, which is pretty excellent because a lot of the stations in South Wales don't have anything like that. It's right between two level crossings, and lots of cars are driving across the tracks on both sides of the station, which you would think would be a little bit treacherous, but it hasn't been too bad so far because it's quite well run. It hasn't changed much since the 70s, and looks almost identical except for some of the colouring on some of the overhangs. There were some riots here in 1911. Some people have been shot dead by the British military right at this spot, and the riots are a dark stain on the history of the UK, which hasn't really changed - they've just gotten better at controlling people.

lucky dip with staff, some friendly, some downright arrogant. Ticket office opening hours are…read morelimited, ticket machine occasionally breaks down.

Bots aren't all the same size, and this Port is named after a Tall Bot, whereas most Bots…read more(especially the ones working for Trump and Russia) are short. This is a very modern station that looks like something out of the future, or that they were trying to build something from a Sci-Fi TV show or something. A lot of people really don't like the station despite its fancy weird look, which is unique and original if nothing else. People don't like change around here very much, and you can understand why. Nevertheless, it's very important station and gets plenty of traffic. It cost 11 million to turn it into this futuristic thing, and that's probably one of the reasons people don't like it. It's still a pretty busy station though. Tesco was going to build a huge store next to the station which would have made it even more awesome/busy, and then The Proposal was rejected. I guess it was an indecent proposal? Maybe Robert Redford was funding it. Maybe Woody Harrelson objected. Wales just can't help Walesing itself.

Port Talbot Parkway is the main railway station for the South Wales port and steel town of Port…read moreTalbot, and also serves the housing developments and seaside town of nearby Aberavon. One of the major stops on the line from Cardiff to Swansea, the station was built when the line was opened in 1850, but named Aberavon (the town and station later acquired its name from the Talbot family who developed the docks and the adjacent seaside settlement adopted the name Aberavon). For much of the 19th and 20th century, Port Talbot was the centre of an extensive railway network serving the adjacent coast and the coal mining valleys to the north, but this has since shrunk to the main line, and a small network serving the steel works. The station was rebuilt in the 1970s in its present form with a single island with 2 platforms, and the small, modern brick ticket office was rebuilt in 1980. It was renamed Port Talbot Parkway in the late 1980s when a large car park was built, with the aim of its becoming a local railhead. The station has a small buffet, toilets and has step-free access to the platforms, via the level crossing, available only when the station is staffed (6-22h). The ticket office is only open until the early evening. It has a large car park, a taxi rank and cycle storage. It is served by the main hourly London-Swansea inter-city trains operated by First Great Western, hourly regional trains between West Wales and Manchester, and the less frequent local trains from Swansea to Cardiff which stop at intermediate all stations.

I prefer France Ferry and Holland Ferry, but this one is pretty good too, even if they did spell…read moreBritain wrong. This is a little station out in the middle of suburban Swansea, in a fairly industrial area. It's in a little village that's close to Swansea and only has a train every 2 hours, which means for 1 hour 55 minutes a day it's basically a ghost town. It used to be an old little cute station with weird towers in the middle of the track, but they got rid of the towers unfortunately. I'd rather use the Welsh name for the town if only I could figure out how to pronounce it. Because the Welsh are not Britons in my opinion, or most of theirs.

A small station with few facilities. It's usually unstaffed, there are no waiting rooms or ticket…read moremachines, refreshments or toilets, but there is an area where one can sit to wait. At Neath Station (the next on the line) there are more facilities.

A useful little station right opposite the shops in Burry Port. It is staffed part time and there…read moreare no self service ticket machines. There is a seating area but no waiting room, two platforms (with a foot bridge between), a small car park (no charge for rail users) and a separate toilet block, which is basic but well looked after (it includes a radar key disabled toilet).

The end of the bridge is here, hence the name…read more South Wales is big on trains, and has a large population most of whom use trains, and that is why this is the fifth busiest station in Wales. The others are all in the Cardiff area - including Newport - except for Swansea which is not that far to the West. Anyway it's definitely a busy station and it's pretty modern because of that, and looks like it was just built recently, although there are still some older elements to it. It's a nice station and it's fit for purpose.

This is the station serving the South Wales town of Bridgend, the first major stop westwards after…read moreCardiff, the junction for the branch line to Maesteg and the terminus of trains from the Vale of Glamorgan line which run via Cardiff Airport's station. The station dates to 1850, when it was opened along with the rest of the South Wales Railway from Chepstow to Swansea. The line was built by Brunel, and was operated from the start as part of the Great Western Railway. The original station building - an attractive stone building in a domestic Italianate Style - still survives, on the Down Line (to Swansea), although in the 1980s a new entrance and ticket hall in glass were erected at one end. The buildings on platform 2 (towards Cardiff and London) also date from the early 1980s. The original buildings of 1850 are Listed at Grade II. As well as the hourly 125 mph (200 kph) London-Swansea service, the station is served by the hourly Maesteg-Cardiff trains, and is the terminus for the hourly trains from Cardiff via the Vale of Glamorgan Line, which terminate in the newly built platform 1A. It is also served by the regular services to and from West Wales and the North West of England. The ticket and information offices are on platform 1 at the entrance, but the toilets and large (privately-run) buffet are on platform 2. The station has step-free access throughout, although passengers requiring assistance are advised to telephone in advance for wheelchair ramps, etc. The station has limited cycle-storage facilities, a taxi rank and a large 100-space car park (charges apply). The station serves a wide area and is the fifth busiest in Wales, with over 1.1 million passengers a year.

Five stars for the cafe; two stars for the station. The chef in the cafe was charming, friendly and…read moresang while crafting my sausage and egg bap. Was boiling over with laughter, loved his friendliness. The train station is closed on the weekends for rail work, which means it takes twice as long to get anywhere on the bus. Purchased the bus tickets from the train staff inside, who kept directing a group of us to talk to the bus coordinator, and the bus coordinator was not available/missing...poor show!

There's sea, and there's land, and then there's semi-land which isn't as Land-y as Dry Land, and…read morethen there's really really dry land, which is known as "Land-AF." And this is not that. It is a station in the north part of Cardiff and has been renamed several times. And it's a Suburban Station and is very busy during rush hours, and the trains that come through here are often packed. It's a tiny little station with little platforms and a little old Station House, and it looks kind of in disrepair. I've been to almost every station in Wales and this one is pretty typical.

Llandaf Railway Station is located in Llandaff North, Cardiff. It serves the areas of Llandaf North…read moreand Whitchurch. The train station was opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1840 and today continues to prove popular with commuters between Llandaf and Cathays, Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central. Trains get really busy during rush hour periods. There are no barriers at this two platform station, nor is there a ticket office. You can often buy tickets on the trains. You get off at this stop for tactileBOSCH and FairPlay Festival.