Whitecroft railway station

Whitecroft
Location
Place	Whitecroft
Area	Forest of Dean
Grid reference	SO619062
Operations
Original company	Severn and Wye Railway
Managed by	Dean Forest Railway
Platforms	1
History
23 September 1875	opened
8 July 1929	closed for passengers
25 May 2012	reopened
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Whitecroft railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway.

History

A 1911 RCH map of railways in the vicinity of Whitecroft

[ v t e ] Dean Forest Railway

Legend Severn and Wye Railway Parkend Station Crossing Parkend Whitemead Park Crossing Oakenwood No.3 Crossing Oakenwood No.2 Crossing Oakenwood No.1 Crossing Grove Road Crossing Whitecroft Crossing B4234 Whitecroft Mineral Loop on S&WR Tufts Bridge over River Lyd S&WR to Princess Royal Colliery Tufts Junction Norchard High Level/Low Level Middle Forge Crossing Middle Forge Junction Lydney High Street B4234 Lydney Town St Mary's Halt Pidcock's Canal Lydney Bypass Crossing over A48 River Lyd Lydney Junction Link Road Lydney Junctionfor Gloucester to Newport Line

[ v t e ] Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean

Legend For canal icons used below, please refer to waterways legend instead. Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road Ross and Monmouth Railway Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Lydbrook Junction MR&FDJR Drybrook Quarry Drybrook Halt Nailbridge Halt Lower Lydbrook Steam Mills Crossing Halt Upper Lydbrook Churchway Colliery Bilson Platform Whimsey Halt Mineral Loop Cinderford (1878-1900) Drybrook Road Coleford Railway Serridge Platform Cinderford New (1900-1967) Wimberry Quarry Whitecliff Quarry Speech House Road Bilson Halt Bicslade Tramroad Ruspidge Halt Bicslade Wharf Staple Edge Halt Eastern United Colliery Coleford (CR) Upper Soudley Halt Coleford (S&WR) Bullo Cross Halt Coleford Junction Halt Gloucester to Newport Line Milkwall Newnham Parkhill Colliery Ruddle Road Halt New Fancy Colliery Howbeach Colliery Parkend Forest of Dean Central Railway Whitecroft Awre for Blakeney Tufts Junction & Mineral Loop Norchard River Severn Middle Forge Junction Lydney Town Severn Railway Bridge Severn Bridge Gloucester and Sharpness Canal St Mary's Halt Sharpness Lydney Junction Sharpness Docks Lydney Sharpness Branch Line Upper Forge Lydney Harbour Pidcock's Canal Lydney Canal Lower Forge Gloucester to Newport Line River Severn

The station originally opened on 23 September 1875, and closed on 8 July 1929.^[1] It was re-opened to passengers on 25 May 2012 after a construction period of around 18 months.^[2]

Much of the funding for the restoration programme came from a Rural Development grant, administered by the Forest of Dean Local Action Group in Coleford. The programme of work involved the construction of a four-coach platform on the Pillowell (up) side of the line, with the new station building be constructed in traditional Severn and Wye style.^[3]

Future developments in Whitecroft will include doubling the track through the station, the construction of the second (down) platform on the Bream side of the line and the addition of a goods shed.^[4]

Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Lydney Town Station restored		Severn and Wye Railway (Later MR and GWR)		Parkend Station restored
	Heritage railways
Norchard		Dean Forest Railway		Parkend

See also

• Dean Forest Railway

References

1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 248. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. 
2. ↑ "Restored Whitecroft Railway Station officially opened". BBC News Gloucestershire. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2012. 
3. ↑ "Whitecroft Station". Forest of Dean Local Action Group. Retrieved 10 June 2012. 
4. ↑ "Station reopens after £100,000 restoration". This is Gloucestershire. Retrieved 10 June 2012. 

Coordinates: 51°45′10″N 2°33′09″W / 51.75290°N 2.55247°W / 51.75290; -2.55247