Newent railway station

Newent
Location
Place	Newent
Area	Forest of Dean
Coordinates	51°56′06″N 2°24′29″W / 51.9349°N 2.4080°W / 51.9349; -2.4080Coordinates: 51°56′06″N 2°24′29″W / 51.9349°N 2.4080°W / 51.9349; -2.4080
Grid reference	SO719263
Operations
Original company	Ledbury and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1885	Opened
1959	Closed to passengers
1964	Closed to all traffic
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GWR 2251 Class 3203 hauling the last passenger train at Newent in 1959

Ledbury and Gloucester Railway

For canal icons used below, please refer to waterways legend instead. Cotswold Line Ledbury Ledbury Tunnel Hereford Road Skew Bridge Ledbury Town Halt A449 River Leadon Greenway Halt Preston Brook B4215 Dymock Four Oaks Halt Ell Brook Newent B4215 Malswick Halt B4215 Barbers Bridge Gloucester–Newport line Over Junction River Severn Alney Island Gloucester Docks branch River Severn Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Central Gloucester Eastgate Tuffley Loop Cross Country Route (to Bristol) Cross Country Route (to York)

Newent railway station was a stop on the former Ledbury and Gloucester Railway. It opened in 1885 and served the town of Newent. It was closed for passengers in 1959, but the line remained open for freight traffic until 1964.^[1] It was located opposite what is now the Newent fire station. The buttresses of the Station Bridge can be seen intact on nearby Station Road.

As of 2011 there was a proposal^[2] by the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust to reopen the 34 mile Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal upon which the railway was built.

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 89-92. ISBN 9781904474388. OCLC 862604858.