In 2022/2023, Port Talbot Parkway had 471,848 entries and exits, making it the 810^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 534^th busiest (out of 997), with 572 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1292.73 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 15.86 passengers per service, giving it the 634^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1	277	1007
2	280	1018

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Location: Port Talbot Parkway
CRS: PTA / NLC: 4181 / TIPLOC(S): PTALBOT
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 276709 189637
Constituency: Aberavon
Local Authority: Neath Port Talbot - Castell-nedd Port Talbot
NR Region: Wales
ELR: SWM2 202m 59ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Port Talbot Parkway during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (66,704 journeys)
•Swansea (48,688 journeys)
•Neath (44,727 journeys)
•London Paddington (21,426 journeys)
•Bridgend (11,801 journeys)
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