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
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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]

[edit] References

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

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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

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