Swansea railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Swansea

Welsh: *Abertawe*
Swansea; Welsh: Abertawe
General information
Location	Swansea, City and County of Swansea; Wales
Coordinates	51°37′31″N 3°56′27″W / 51.6253°N 3.9409°W
Grid reference	SS657936
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	SWA
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Opened	19 June 1850; as Swansea High Street
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
6 May 1968	Renamed Swansea
Passengers
2018/19	2.156 million
Interchange	95,592
2019/20	2.060 million
Interchange	98,806
2020/21	0.469 million
Interchange	17,382
2021/22	1.478 million
Interchange	66,720
2022/23	1.884 million
Interchange	96,651
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Swansea railway station serves the city of Swansea, Wales. It is 216 miles 7 chains (348 km) measured from London Paddington (via Stroud)^[1] on the National Rail network.

In 2021/22, it was the third-busiest station in Wales (after Cardiff Central and Newport).^[2]

^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 23A. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.
^ "London Waterloo is top of the stops again, but overall numbers are down on pre-pandemic levels". Office of Rail and Road. 24 November 2022.