Abbeydore railway station

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Abbeydore
Location
Location	Abbeydore
Area	Herefordshire
Operations
Original company	Golden Valley Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	?
History
September 1, 1881	Station opens
October 22, 1883	Station closes
November 17, 1883	Station reopens
July 2, 1885	Station closes
August 19, 1885	Station reopens
April 20, 1898	Station closes
May 1, 1901	Station reopens
15 December 1941	Station closes
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Abbeydore railway station was a station in the English county of Herefordshire. It was located on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. The area is known as the Golden Valley.

[edit] History

Opened by the Golden Valley Railway in 1881, the station closed and re-opened three times in the next twenty years. Becoming part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, it closed for the last time in 1941.

[edit] Roman Road

In 1901 traces of the Roman road which passed from Wroxeter to Abergavenny were found at the station. [1]

[edit] References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0 906899 99 0

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Pontrilas		Great Western Railway Golden Valley Railway		Bacton