Skewen Railway Station

SKEWEN SKE | 4217
Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Skewen station is managed by TfW Rail and is located in Neath Port Talbot within the West Wales and The Valleys area of Wales.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 18,342 journeys were made between Skewen and Swansea—that's 51% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Skewen peaked during 2014-15 with 45,352 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 24% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 79% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Skewen table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9829,948
1998-9929,335
1999-0027,585
2000-0121,223
2001-0222,728
2002-0321,063
2003-04 
2004-0518,344
2005-0616,961
2006-0715,617
2007-0817,058
2008-0921,882
2009-1027,638
2010-1134,042
2011-1237,186
2012-1334,848
2013-1436,736
2014-1545,352
2015-1645,172
2016-1743,180
2017-1841,692
2018-1940,466
2019-2038,174
2020-219,322
2021-2223,538
2022-2330,328
2023-2436,008
2024-25