Abbeydore railway station

Abbeydore

Location of the former station (1994)
Location
Place Abbey Dore
Area Herefordshire
Coordinates 51°58′20″N 2°53′50″W / 51.9721°N 2.8973°W / 51.9721; -2.8973Coordinates: 51°58′20″N 2°53′50″W / 51.9721°N 2.8973°W / 51.9721; -2.8973
Grid reference SO383308
Operations
Original company Golden Valley Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms ?
History
1 September 1881 Station opens
22 October 1883 Station closes
17 November 1883 Station reopens
2 July 1885 Station closes
19 August 1885 Station reopens
20 April 1898 Station closes
1 May 1901 Station reopens
15 December 1941 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Abbeydore railway station was a station in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England. It was located on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. The area is known as the Golden Valley.

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.

Just south before the station, via a level crossing, was the railway access point for the MoD's Elm Bridge Munitions Depot.

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

References

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Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bacton
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Golden Valley Railway		   Pontrilas
Line open, station closed


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