Grange Court railway station
Grange Court | |
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Location | , Forest of Dean England |
Grid reference | SO726161 |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 June 1855 | Station opens |
2 November 1964 | Station closes |
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Grange Court railway station was a junction station on the South Wales Railway in Gloucestershire (on the present day Gloucester to Newport Line) where it met the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway.
History[]
Opened on 1 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway the station was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1862 and then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Despite a local campaign to save the station led by West Gloucestershire MP Charles Loughlin[1] the station was closed after the last train on 31 October 1964.[2]
Though the actual junction remains connected to the main line, the station has now been demolished.
Station layout[]
The station consisted of four platforms, two on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway and the other two on the Gloucester to Newport Line. There was a shelter on each platform and platform one (the up platform on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway) had a stone station building with a cafe and booking office etc. There was a footbridge across the station, signal box, sidings and a small goods yard.[3]
References[]
- ^ The Citizen, 21 October 1964
- ^ The Citizen, 31 October 1964
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Further reading[]
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 62-66. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.
External links[]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Oakle Street Line open station closed |
Great Western Railway South Wales Railway |
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Great Western Railway Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway |
Blaisdon Halt Line and station closed |
Coordinates: 51°50′35″N 2°23′57″W / 51.8431°N 2.3992°W
- Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1855
- Beeching closures in England
- 1855 establishments in England