Tidenham railway station

Tidenham Station
Location
Place Tidenham
Area Forest of Dean
Operations
Original company Wye Valley Railway.
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
November 1876 Station opened
January 1959 Station closed to passengers
c. 1990 Last train to Dayhouse Quarry leaves
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Wye Valley Railway

Coleford, Monmouth, Usk
& Pontypool Railway
Monmouth Troy
Ross and Monmouth Railway
River Wye
Wyesham Halt
Wyesham Junction
for Coleford Railway

Monmouthshire, Wales
Gloucestershire, England
Redbrook on Wye

Penallt Viaduct
over River Wye
 
Gloucestershire
Monmouthshire
Penallt Halt
Whitebrook Halt
St Briavels
Llandogo Halt
Brockweir Halt
Tintern

River Wye 
Monmouthshire
Gloucestershire
Tintern tunnel
182 yd
166 m

Tintern Wireworks Branch
Tintern Quarry
Tidenham tunnel
1190 yd
1088 m
Netherhope Halt
Tidenham
Gloucester to Newport Line
Wye Valley Junction
Tutshill for Beachley Halt
Chepstow East

Chepstow Railway Bridge
over River Wye
 
Glos.
Mons.
Chepstow
Gloucester to Newport Line

Tidenham Station was the station for the village of Tidenham on the former Wye Valley Railway. It was opened in 1876 during the construction of the line and closed on 5 January 1959 following the closure of the line to passenger services.[1] The next station on the line was Netherhope Halt.

History

Tidenham Station was the first station after Wye Valley Junction on the Wye Valley Railway. It was opened in November 1876 as one of the four main stations on the line, the others being Tintern, St. Briavels and Redbrook on Wye. It consisted of a loop, signal box, platform and station building.

Tidenham Station became the first station to close on the line on 1 January 1917, this was a wartime measure to release staff and the station was re-opened on 1 February 1918.

The station closed completely in 1959 due to the withdrawal of passenger services on the line. It was converted into a loading bay for the nearby Dayhouse Quarry and was used until c. 1990. It was the last section to be closed on the Wye Valley Railway.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Tutshill Halt   British Railways
Wye Valley Railway
  Netherhope Halt

References

  1. 1 2 B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN 0-85361-530-6

Coordinates: 51°39′22″N 2°38′53″W / 51.6561°N 2.6480°W / 51.6561; -2.6480


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