Aberavon Town railway station

Aberavon Town
The site of the station in 2017
General information
LocationAberavon, Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyRhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Pre-groupingRhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 November 1885Station opens as Aberavon
1 December 1891Station renamed Aberavon and Port Talbot
?June 1895Station renamed Port Talbot (Aberavon)
1 July 1924Station renamed Aberavon Town
3 December 1962Station closes

Aberavon Town railway station was a railway station on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay line which ran in the Rhondda Valley and Swansea area on the Welsh coast in the county of Glamorgan. Opened as Aberavon the station's name was changed twice before the emerging as Aberavon Town in 1924.