Skewen railway station
Skewen 
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| Welsh: Sgiwen | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Skewen |
| Local authority | Neath Port Talbot |
| Grid reference | SS723974 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SKE |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 37,188 |
| 2012/13 |
 34,848 |
| 2013/14 |
36,736 |
| 2014/15 |
45,352 |
| 2015/16 |
45,172 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1882 | Station opened as Dynevor |
| 1904 | Renamed Skewen |
| 1910 | resited |
| 2 November 1964 | Station closed |
| 27 June 1994 | New station opened as Skewen on different site |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Skewen from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Skewen railway station is a railway station in Skewen, Wales. The station is located below street level at Station Road in Skewen. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by Arriva Trains Wales Swanline regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff.
The station has 2 platforms:
The station is unmanned; there is no ticket office or platform barrier. Passengers must buy their tickets from the conductor on the train.
The first station here was opened in 1882 by the Great Western Railway as Dynevor and renamed in 1904. It was resited a little to the east in 1910 and closed by the Western Region of British Railways in 1964. The present station was opened to the west as part of the Swanline initiative in 1994.
The typical service pattern is one train approximately every two hours in each direction. Trains operate mainly to Cardiff and Swansea, but some westbound services continue to Carmarthen and Milford Haven.
There was a very limited service (two trains each way) on Sundays, but no trains stop here. A normal weekday service operates on most bank holidays.
Coordinates: 51°39′40″N 3°50′49″W / 51.661°N 3.847°W
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