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    Aberavon;Port Talbot (Aberavon);Aberavon Town Railway Station, Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, Aberafan

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    NPRN34770
    Map ReferenceSS79SE
    Grid ReferenceSS7659890167
    Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
    Old CountyGlamorgan
    CommunityPort Talbot
    Type Of SiteRAILWAY STATION
    PeriodPost Medieval
    Description
    The station was opened in November 1885 by the Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway as "Aberavon", renamed "Port Talbot (Aberavon)" in 1895 and "Aberavon Town" in 1924. The station was closed on 3 December 1962.
    Sources include: Colonel M.H.Cobb, The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas, Ian Allan, second edition 2006.
    B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 23 January 2013.