Holme Lacy railway station

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Holme Lacy
Holme Lacy railway station 1.jpg
The overgrown platform in 2006.
LocationHolme Lacy, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates52°01′00″N 2°39′06″W / 52.0168°N 2.6518°W / 52.0168; -2.6518Coordinates: 52°01′00″N 2°39′06″W / 52.0168°N 2.6518°W / 52.0168; -2.6518
Grid referenceSO552356
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1855Station opens
2 November 1964Station closes


Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
Legend
Hereford Barrs Court
Hereford Barton
Rotherwas Junction
ROF Rotherwas
Dinedor tunnel
Holme Lacy
Ballingham tunnel
Ballingham
Fawley Tunnel
Fawley
River Wye
Backney Halt
Ross-on-Wye
Weston under Penyard Halt
Mitcheldean Road
Lea Line tunnel
Longhope
Blaisdon Halt
Grange Court
Grange Court Junction

Holme Lacy railway station is a disused railway station that served the village of Holme Lacy in Herefordshire. One of the original two stations between Hereford and Ross, along with Fawley, Holme Lacy opened with the line on 1 June 1855 it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Hereford. The platform remains and the station building has been demolished to foundation level.

Further reading[]

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 9-12. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.

External links[]

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ballingham   Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
British Railways
  Hereford


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