Newnham railway station

Newnham
Location
Place	Newnham on Severn
Area	Forest of Dean
Grid reference	SO688122
Operations
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
History
19 September 1851 (1851-09-19)	Opened
5 May 1941	Closed
7 October 1946	Re-opened
2 November 1964	Closed
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Newnham railway station was a station serving the village of Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire.

History

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Newnham

[v · d · e]Gloucester to Newport Line

Legend Cross Country Route Gloucester River Severn Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Oakle Street Grange Court Hereford, Ross & Gloucester Railway Westbury-on-Severn Halt Newnham Ruddle Road Halt Severn and Wye Railway Awre for Blakeney Forest of Dean Central Railway Severn Railway Bridge Severn Bridge Sharpness Branch Line Lydney Junction / Lydney Lydney Harbour Branch Dean Forest Railway Woolaston Wye Valley Railway Tutshill Halt Chepstow East River Wye (Chepstow Railway Bridge) Chepstow M48 Severn Bridge Portskewett South Wales Main Line Sudbrook Tunnel Pumps Caerwent training area Severn Tunnel Caldicot Severn Tunnel Junction M4 Second Severn Crossing Undy Halt Magor River Severn Steel works Llanwern Uskmouth Power Station Welsh Marches Line River Usk Monmouthshire Railway Newport South Wales Main Line

[v · d · e]South Wales Railway

Legend Cross Country Route to Birmingham and Bristol Junction to docks and GRC&W Works Gloucester Eastgate Gloucester Docks Gloucester - GWR River Severn Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Oakle Street Grange Court Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Westbury-on-Severn Halt Newnham Ruddle Road Halt Bullo Pill (Goods only) Awre Junction Forest of Dean Central Railway Lydney Woolaston Wye Valley Railway Tutshill Chepstow East Chepstow Bridge over the River Wye Chepstow Portskewett South Wales Main Line Caerwent training area Severn Tunnel Caldicot Severn Tunnel Junction Undy Halt Magor Llanwern Steelworks Llanwern Lliswerry LNWR to Abergavenny River Usk Newport High Street Brecon and Merthyr Railway to Ebbw Vale Alexandra Dock Brecon and Merthyr Railway to Machen and Merthyr Tydfil Marshfield Roath Rhymney Railway to Caerphilly Cardiff Queen Street Taff Vale Railway to Pontypridd Cardiff Bute Street Queen Alexandra Dock P and A Campbell with services across the River Severn Barry Railway to Barry, Penarth and Vale of Glamorgan Cardiff Canton Locomotive Depot Ninian Park Penarth Harbour and Dock Railway to Taffs Well Ely Main Line St Fagans St Fagans Junction Barry Railway from Barry to Tynycaeau Junction Drope Junction Peterston Llantristant Pontyclun Ely Valley Railway Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway Llanharan Cardiff and Ogmore Valley Railway Pencoed Barry Railway to Vale of Glamorgan Bridgend Llynvi and Ogmore Railway to Maesteg Llynvi and Ogmore Railway to Tondu Pyle Junction Pyle Llynvi and Ogmore Railway to Porthcawl Port Talbot Railway to Tondu Port Talbot Railway to Tonmawr Junction (Mean) Port Talbot Port Talbot Docks Baglan Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway to Treherbert South Wales Mineral Railway to Tonmawr Briton Ferry Swansea District Line Neath Vale of Neath Railway River Neath Skewen Swansea District Line Junction to Swansea docks Llansamlet Landore High Level Swansea High Street Cockett Gowerton North Loughor Loughor Viaduct Trostre Tinplate Works Llanelli change for Heart of Wales Line Pembrey and Burry Port Kidwelly Ferryside Carmarthen Junction Carmarthen for the Aberystwyth line via Lampeter Sarnau St Clears Whitland West Wales Line to Pembroke Dock Former line to Cardigan Clunderwen Req (Req=Request stop) loop via Rosebush Clarbeston Road Req branch via Wolf's Castle Haverfordwest Wolf's Castle Welsh Hook Mathry Road loop via Rosebush Jordanston Fishguard and Goodwick Fishguard Harbour for Rosslare Europort via Ferry Johnston Req Neyland Milford Haven

[v · d · e]Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Co.

Legend For canal icons used below, please refer to waterways legend instead. Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road Ross and Monmouth Railway Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Lydbrook Junction MR&FDJR Drybrook Halt Nailbridge Halt Lower Lydbrook Steam Mills Crossing Halt Upper Lydbrook Churchway Colliery Bilson Platform Whimsey Halt Mineral loop Cinderford (1878-1900) Drybrook Road Coleford Railway Serridge Platform Cinderford (1900-1967) Wimberry Quarry Whitecliff Quarry Speech House Road Bilson Halt Bicslade Tramroad Ruspidge Halt Bicslade Wharf Staple Edge Halt Coleford (CR) Upper Soudley Halt Coleford (S&WR) Bullo Cross Halt Coleford Junction Halt Gloucester to Newport Line Milkwall Newnham Parkhill Colliery Ruddle Road Halt New Fancy Colliery Howbeach Colliery Parkend Forest of Dean Central Railway Whitecroft Awre for Blakeney Mineral loop Norchard River Severn Middle Forge Junction Lydney Town Severn Railway Bridge Severn Bridge Gloucester and Sharpness Canal St Mary's Halt Sharpness Lydney Junction Sharpness Docks Lydney Sharpness Branch Line Upper Forge Lydney Harbour Pidcock's Canal Lydney Canal Lower Forge Gloucester to Newport Line River Severn

The South Wales Railway was formed in 1845 to build a line from Chepstow to Fishguard and to Pembroke Dock;^[1] an eastern extension to Grange Court was soon added, which would meet a westward extension of the Great Western Railway from Gloucester. The line from Gloucester to Chepstow East opened on 19 September 1851, and included a station at Newnham.^[2]

The station closed on 5 May 1941, and reopened on 7 October 1946.^[2]

Final closure came on 2 November 1964.^[2]

Route

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Westbury-on-Severn Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway South Wales Railway		Ruddle Road Halt Line open, station closed

Notes

1. ^ MacDermot 1927, p. 558.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Butt 1995, p. 170.

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
• MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. 

Coordinates: 51°48′29″N 2°27′12″W / 51.8080°N 2.4532°W / 51.8080; -2.4532