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Ballingham railway station

Coordinates: 51°58′37″N 2°37′49″W / 51.9769°N 2.6303°W / 51.9769; -2.6303
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Ballingham
General information
LocationHerefordshire
Coordinates51°58′37″N 2°37′49″W / 51.9769°N 2.6303°W / 51.9769; -2.6303
Platforms1
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1908[1]Opened
2 November 1964Closed
Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
Hereford Barrs Court
Hereford Barton
Rotherwas Junction
ROF Rotherwas
Dinedor tunnel
Holme Lacy
Ballingham tunnel
Ballingham
Fawley Tunnel
Fawley
Backney Halt
Ross-on-Wye
Weston under Penyard Halt
Mitcheldean Road
Lea Line tunnel
Longhope
Blaisdon Halt
Grange Court
Grange Court Junction

Ballingham railway station is a disused stone built railway station that served the villages of Ballingham and Carey in Herefordshire. It was situated between Ballingham Railway Bridge and Ballingham Tunnel, two of the most substantial structures on the Great Western Railway line which linked Ross-on-Wye and Hereford. Originally proposed by the owner of Ballingham Court[2] the station had a limited service and was never well used. It closed, along with the line, on 2 November 1964.

The station building has been extended and is now a private house.[2] The platform is still in existence.

References

  1. ^ Smith, W.H. (1998). Herefordshire Railways Book. Sutton Publishing. p. 21.
  2. ^ a b "History: the railway". Landscape origins of the Wye Valley. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

Further reading

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Fawley   Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
British Railways
  Holme Lacy