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    Swansea Station

    2.9 (12 reviews)

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    Port Talbot Parkway

    Port Talbot Parkway

    2.8(4 reviews)
    7.2 mi

    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.

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    Port Talbot Parkway
    Port Talbot Parkway

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    Bridgend Railway Station - The original station buildings of 1850

    Bridgend Railway Station

    3.6(9 reviews)
    17.7 mi

    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.

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    Bridgend Railway Station - The station from the east end of platform 1

    The station from the east end of platform 1

    Bridgend Railway Station - General view of the station, and the sharp curves at the east end.

    General view of the station, and the sharp curves at the east end.

    Bridgend Railway Station - A train in platform 1a waits to form the return service along the Vale of Glamorgan line

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    A train in platform 1a waits to form the return service along the Vale of Glamorgan line

    Trefforest Railway Station

    Trefforest Railway Station

    3.0(3 reviews)
    26.5 mi

    Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. But at least you can see the Trefforest, the…read morerailway station that is. This is a little station in a little village which is 18 miles to the northwest of the city center of Cardiff. It's close to the campus of University of South Wales, so it is very much a student station, and is little and useful and definitely efficient. They adapted the spelling to change it to the Welsh spelling in 1980, which makes total sense and I agree with it. It has bilingual signage which is pretty awesome. All in all, it's a good one, I've been to about 100 stations across Wales in recent years and this is one of the better ones.

    Not a huge fan of this train station to be honest. It does the job and isn't downright horrible,…read morebut without a doubt dated and in need of a good scrub. ~ Location: Treforest in general is a really beautiful and scenic location with plenty of lovely greenery, which the train station is surrounded by. Unfortunately, there's not much nearby besides the university and a few local pubs. ~ Atmosphere: Where Trefforest Railway Station falls short, for me. Like I mentioned, it's very dated. The station itself is extremely tiny with a small ticketing office and that's pretty much it. It's very dirty as well seeing as how it's constantly filled with university students coming and going, but very little maintenance to keep up with cleanliness or appearances. There are 2 platforms at this station, with a walkway going over the tracks to connect the 2. ~ Customer Service: Because there's about 1 staff member at this station (at the ticketing booth), if the booth is closed I really hope you know how to manage which train to catch. Personally though, I've never actually gone to the ticketing booth to comment on the helpfulness of the staff. ~ Service Frequency: From what I can tell, trains coming to and from Trefforest Railway Station isn't too rare. However, one thing that I dislike are that the trains on this route are always the crappy, tiny old ones. I guess you have to use dated trains to match the dated railway station. Also, the tracks are a bit too close for comfort as with every passing train, it's absolutely terrifying loud (more than normal on most routes) and you feel like you've just been barely grazed. When a freight train came around, I'm ashamed to say that I jumped a bit. --- Overall, Trefforest Railway Station definitely does its job in providing service to and from Trefforest. There's enough trains coming through that you shouldn't have to wait too long before your next one but it's really truly in dire need of some TLC.

    Swansea Station - trainstations - Updated May 2026

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