Sunday, 9 August 2020

Aberavon Seaside Station

 

Aberavon (Seaside) Station was opened on 14th March 1895 by the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company. It was incorporated into the Great Western Railway in 1923, and was finally closed on 3rd December, 1962. 

I believe that the Afan Way was built along the old track bed of the railway here - Hence Beach Hill and the Gas Works off Victoria Road in the background

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