Almeley railway station
Appearance
Almeley | |
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General information | |
Location | Herefordshire |
Coordinates | 52°09′31″N 2°58′56″W / 52.1587°N 2.9822°W |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
Original company | Kington and Eardisley Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
3 August 1874 | Station opened |
1 January 1917 | Station closed |
11 December 1922 | Station reopened |
1 July 1940 | Station closed |
Almeley railway station was a railway station on the line from Kington to Eardisley in the English county of Herefordshire.
History
Opened on the Kington and Eardisley Railway, operated from the outset by the Great Western Railway, the station closed during the Second World War.
The site today
The station building, which was used for many years as a cattle shed, has recently been converted into a dwellinghouse. The platform still exists.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Lyonshall Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Kington and Eardisley Railway |
Eardisley Line and station closed |
References
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Kington to Eardisley Line
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. fig. 37. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.
External links
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Herefordshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1922
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1940
- 1874 establishments in England
- 1940 disestablishments in England
- Herefordshire building and structure stubs