Skewen railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Neath Port Talbot, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Skewen

| native_name = {{langx|cy|Sgiwen}}

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Skewen railway stations - geograph.org.uk - 5869117.jpg

| borough = Skewen, Neath Port Talbot

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|51.661|N|3.847|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SS723974|25|SS723974}}

| manager = Transport for Wales

| platforms = 2

| code = SKE

| classification = DfT category F2

| original = Great Western Railway

| pregroup = Great Western Railway

| postgroup = Great Western Railway

| years = 1882

| events = Opened as Dynevor

| years1 = 1904

| events1 = Renamed Skewen

| years2 = 1910

| events2 = resited

| years3 = 2 November 1964

| events3 = Closed

| years4 = 27 June 1994

| events4 = Reopened as Skewen on different site

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 38,174}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 9,322}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 23,538}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 30,328}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 36,008}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Skewen railway station serves the village of Skewen, south Wales. It is located below street level at Station Road in Skewen, {{convert|210|miles|26|chain|km|0|lk=in}} from {{stn|London Paddington}} (via Stroud).{{cite book |last1=Yonge |first1=John |last2=Padgett |first2=David |editor-last=Bridge |editor-first=Mike |title=Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western |edition=5th |date=August 2010 |orig-year=1989 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Bradford on Avon |isbn=978-0-9549866-6-7 |at=map 24A }} It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by Transport for Wales Swanline regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff, which typically run every two hours. There is no Sunday service.