Wyesham Halt railway station

Wyesham Halt
Location
Place Monmouth
Area Monmouthshire
Coordinates 51°48′18″N 2°42′14″W / 51.8049°N 2.7040°W / 51.8049; -2.7040Coordinates: 51°48′18″N 2°42′14″W / 51.8049°N 2.7040°W / 51.8049; -2.7040
Operations
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
12 January 1931 (1931-01-12) Opened
January 1959 (1959-01) Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Wyesham Halt was a request stop at Wyesham on the former Wye Valley Railway, it was also used by the Coleford Railway. It was opened on 12 January 1931 and closed in January 1959.[1] The rails between Wyesham Halt and Monmouth Troy were not laid by the Wye Valley Railway, its operator, but by the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway in 1861.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Redbrook on Wye   Wye Valley Railway
British Railways
  Monmouth Troy

References

  1. B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN 0-85361-530-6

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