Drybrook Road railway station

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Drybrook Road
Drybrook Road station - geograph.org.uk - 1607028.jpg
Present day station sign in the Forest of Dean
LocationDrybrook, Forest of Dean
England
Coordinates51°49′40″N 2°32′00″W / 51.8279°N 2.5333°W / 51.8279; -2.5333Coordinates: 51°49′40″N 2°32′00″W / 51.8279°N 2.5333°W / 51.8279; -2.5333
Grid referenceSO633144
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySevern and Wye Railway
Pre-groupingSevern and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway
Post-groupingSevern and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway
Key dates
23 September 1875opened
8 July 1929closed

Drybrook Road is a closed station on the Cinderford to Coleford direct railway line in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, near the village of Drybrook. The former station was on the former Severn and Wye Railway system. It opened in 1875 and closed in 1929.[1][2]

In the early 20th century the station was used to load timber from the local forest.[3] In 1903 a coal train was involved in an accident at Drybrook.[4]

Drybrook Road station sign.

Services[]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station

Line and station closed 		  Severn and Wye Railway   Cinderford New
Line and station closed
    Upper Lydbrook
Line closed

References[]

  1. ^ "Drybrook Road". Forest of Dean Railways. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 160
  3. ^ "Mystery Bridge". Edward Hunt's Forest of Dean Miscellany. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Drybrook Road on 5th February 1903". Railways Archive. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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