Mitcheldean Road railway station

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
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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

1. ^ Youles, A (2002) 'Tramroad Remains in the Forest of Dean (Part Two)' in Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal, 2002. P39.

External links

• Mitcheldean Road on a navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Photographs of the station in use

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Longhope		Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway British Railways		Weston under Penyard Halt

Coordinates: 51°53′20″N 2°29′56″W / 51.88887°N 2.49892°W / 51.88887; -2.49892