Dingestow railway station

Dingestow Station
Location
Place	Dingestow
Area	Monmouthshire
Operations
Original company	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
October 1857	Station opened as Dinastow Station
c. 1870	Renamed Dingestow Station
May 1955	Station closed
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[v · d · e]Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway

Legend Ross and Monmouth Railway Wye Valley Railway and Coleford Railway 0m 46ch River Wye 0m 0ch Monmouth Troy Monmouth Troy tunnel River Trothy 3m 32ch Dingestow 5m 56ch Elms Bridge Halt 6m 34ch Raglan 6m 43ch Raglan Footpath 7m 59ch Raglan Road Crossing Halt 8m 52ch Llandenny 9m 66ch Cefntilla Halt Usk Tunnel 12m 4ch Usk River Usk 14m 28ch ROF Glascoed 14m 48ch Glascoed Halt Welsh Marches Line 16m 12ch Little Mill Junction Pontypool Road

Dingestow Station was a station along the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway. It was built in 1857 during the construction of the line and was located 3 miles and 32 chains from Monmouth Troy. It was intended to serve the nearby village of Dingestow. It was closed in May 1955 due to a drivers strike, the line had meant to have been closed in June but because the strike continued past the lines closing date the last service was on 28 May when the national strike began. A couple of special services ran along the track, including a centenary special organised by the Stephenson Locomotive Society in 1957.^[1]

Facilities

The station consisted of little more than a station building with a small canopy and single platform, the station master's house was situated at the rear of the station.^[1] The station had a signal box from 1896 until June 1931 when it was taken out of use and replaced with two ground frames. There was also a cattle loading dock.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Monmouth Troy		Great Western Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway		Elms Bridge Halt

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Stanley C Jenkins, The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line, revised second edition 2009, ISBN 978-0-85361-692-4

Coordinates: 51°47′05″N 2°47′00″W / 51.78484°N 2.78328°W / 51.78484; -2.78328