- Mitcheldean Road railway station
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Mitcheldean Road Location Place Lea Area Herefordshire Grid reference SO657212 Operations Original company Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms 2 History 1855 Station opens 2 November 1964 Station closes Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZHereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway LegendWelsh Marches Line (S&HR) Cotswold Line (OW&WR) HH&BR Hereford Barrs Court Hereford Barton River Wye Rotherwas Junction Welsh Marches Line (NA&HR) Dinedor tunnel Holme Lacy Ballingham tunnel Ballingham River Wye (Ballingham Bridge) Fawley Tunnel Fawley River Wye Backney Halt River Wye Ross-on-Wye Ross and Monmouth Railway Weston under Penyard Halt Mitcheldean Road Lea Line tunnel Longhope Blaisdon Halt Gloucester to Newport Line Grange Court Junction Grange Court Gloucester to Newport Line Mitcheldean Road railway station is a disused wood built railway station that served the town of Mitcheldean 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south and the village of Lea in Herefordshire. Opened in 1855 with the line it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester.
In 1871 the Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway was formed to extend the line from Whimsey northwards to link up with the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway at Mitcheldean Road, the line was taken over by the GWR in 1878 and completed, but never fully opened.
Nothing remains of the station and the site has been built over.[1]
References
- ^ Youles, A (2002) 'Tramroad Remains in the Forest of Dean (Part Two)' in Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal, 2002. P39.
External links
Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Longhope Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
British RailwaysWeston under Penyard Halt Categories:- Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Disused railway stations in Herefordshire
- Railway stations opened in 1855
- Railway stations closed in 1964
- Beeching closures in England
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