Mitcheldean Road railway station was a railway station that served the town of Mitcheldean 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south and the village of Lea in Herefordshire. Opened in 1855 with the line it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester.
Mitcheldean Road | |
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 Site of the former station in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Lea, Herefordshire England |
| Coordinates | 51°53′20″N 2°29′56″W / 51.8889°N 2.4989°W |
| Grid reference | SO657212 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
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| 1855 | Station opens |
| 2 November 1964 | Station closes |
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In 1871 the Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway was formed to extend the line from Whimsey northwards to link up with the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway at Mitcheldean Road, the line was taken over by the GWR in 1878 and completed, but never fully opened.
Nothing remains of the station and the site has been built over.[1] The residential cul-de-sac which occupies the site is named Noden Drive after Reginald 'Dick' Noden who served as Station Master from the mid-1940s until the station's closure in 1964.[2]
References
edit- ^ Youles, A (2002) 'Tramroad Remains in the Forest of Dean (Part Two)' in Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal, 2002. P39.
- ^ "Ross-on-Wye - Ross to Grange Court". Retrieved 16 March 2014.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 46-53. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.
External links
edit| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Longhope | Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway British Railways |
Weston under Penyard Halt |