Monmouth Troy railway station

Monmouth Troy
General information
Location	Monmouthshire
Owned by	Great Western Railway
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
Original company	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
Key dates
October 1857 (1857-10)	Station opened
5 January 1959	Closed to passengers
January 1964 (1964-01)	Closed to goods

Railways in Monmouth
Ross & Monmouth Railway Monmouth Mayhill Duke of Beaufort Bridge Monmouth Troy Goods Yard River Wye Monmouth Troy Monmouth Viaduct Wyesham Halt Coleford Railway Wye Valley Railway Monmouth Troy tunnel River Trothy Dingestow Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway

Wye Valley Railway
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway Monmouth Troy Ross and Monmouth Railway River Trothy and River Wye Wyesham Halt Wyesham Junction Coleford Railway Wales England Redbrook on Wye Penallt Viaduct over River Wye Gloucestershire Monmouthshire Penallt Halt Whitebrook Halt St Briavels Llandogo Halt Brockweir Halt Tintern River Wye Monmouthshire Gloucestershire Tintern tunnel 182 yd 166 m Tintern Wireworks Branch Tintern Quarry Tidenham tunnel 1190 yd 1088 m Netherhope Halt Tidenham Gloucester–Newport line Wye Valley Junction Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East Chepstow Railway Bridge over River Wye Glos. Mon. Chepstow Gloucester–Newport line

Coleford Railway
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Monmouth Troy Ross and Monmouth Rly River Wye Wyesham Halt Wyesham Junction Redbrook tunnel Wye Valley Railway Wales England border Newland Newland tunnel Whitecliff Quarry Whitecliff Tunnel Coleford Coleford (S&WR) Severn and Wye Railway

Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
Ross & Monmouth Rly Wye Valley Railway and Coleford Railway 0-46 River Wye 0-00- Monmouth Troy Monmouth Troy tunnel River Trothy 3-32 Dingestow 5-56 Elms Bridge Halt 6-34 Raglan 6-43 Raglan Footpath 7-59 Raglan Road Crossing Halt 8-52 Llandenny 9-66 Cefntilla Halt Usk Tunnel 12-04 Usk River Usk 14-28 ROF Glascoed 14-48 Glascoed Halt Welsh Marches line 16-12 Little Mill Junction Pontypool Road Welsh Marches line

Ross and Monmouth Railway
mi-ch Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway 0-00 Ross-on-Wye Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway 3-12 Walford Halt 4-10 Kerne Bridge River Wye Lydbrook tunnel River Wye Severn and Wye Railway 5-40 Lydbrook Junction Symonds Yat tunnel 7-50 Symonds Yat Herts, England Mon, Wales border 10-59 Hadnock Halt 12-31 Monmouth Mayhill Wye Valley Railway and Coleford Railway River Wye 13-10 Monmouth Troy Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway

Monmouth Troy was one of the two former stations at Monmouth. It was built in 1857 by the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway and was used by several other branch lines as the local rail network expanded. The station closed in January 1964 following the closure of the last two lines to the station, the Wye Valley Railway and the Ross and Monmouth Railway.

History

Monmouth Troy was built for the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway and opened on 12 October 1857. It was the largest of the two stations in Monmouth, the other station being Monmouth Mayhill. The Ross & Monmouth Railway found its way to Monmouth Troy in 1874 followed shortly by the Wye Valley Railway in 1876, the Coleford Railway came later in 1883.

The Coleford Railway closed in 1917; The Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway withdrew passenger services in 1955, followed by freight services on 12 October 1957. The Wye Valley Railway and Ross and Monmouth Railway struggled on until 1959 when both railways were served with a closure notice and withdrew passenger services. Freight Services on both lines to Monmouth Troy were continued until January 1964. Monmouth Troy station officially closed to rail services on 5 January 1964. If Monmouth had remained a county town it would have been the first county town in Britain to lose all its railway services.

Goods yard

Main article: Monmouth Troy Goods Yard

Monmouth Troy also had a large goods yard; this was constructed at the same time of the station and outlived it by nine months until October 1964 when its non-rail depot closed.

Tunnel

The short tunnel directly to the west of the station that took the railway beneath Gibraltar Hill was called Monmouth Troy tunnel. It was 140 yards (130 m) long. It is sometimes confused with the A40 road tunnel going under the same hill named Gibraltar Tunnel.

Monmouth Troy today

During the construction of a building estate which would have destroyed the derelict station building, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway bought it and moved the building stone by stone from Monmouth and re-built it on the restored railway. Re-construction at Winchcombe on the restored line began in 1987 and was completed in 1999, the station is now known as Winchcombe railway station.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wyesham Halt		Wye Valley Railway British Railways		Terminus
Wyesham Halt		Coleford Railway Great Western Railway		Terminus
Terminus		Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway British Railways		Dingestow
Monmouth Mayhill		Ross and Monmouth Railway British Railways		Terminus

See also

• Winchcombe railway station

Gallery

• 
  Monmouth Troy in November 1958. On the left is 0-4-2T No. 1455 pushing an auto-train from Ross-on-Wye. On the right is 0-6-0PT No. 6439 on a train to Severn Tunnel Junction
• 
  The last passenger train leaving the station, 5 January 1959

References

• The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railways Website
• Information on Monmouth Troy

External links

• An article on the station including photos
• Memories of Monmouth Troy
• A website about the Ross and Monmouth Railway