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Talbot is a county borough in Glamorgan, south Wales. It was created from
the former districts of Neath, Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley on 1
April 1996 as Neath and Port Talbot, it changed its name on the following
day, 2 April 1996. The borough borders the other principal areas of Bridgend
and Rhondda Cynon Taff to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north
and Swansea to the west. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot and
Pontardawe. Neath is a
town and community with a population of approximately 47,000, located on the
river of the same name and located in southern Wales. Neath is served by the
South Wales Main Line at Neath railway station in the heart of the town. It
has its own bus station near the railway station at Victoria Gardens.
National Express services call at Neath at the railway station. From
Victoria Gardens, First Cymru provides direct inter-urban services to nearby
Swansea and Port Talbot. The A465 skirts the town to the north east and
provides a link to the M4 motorway. |
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