Vowchurch railway station

Vowchurch
Location
Place	Vowchurch
Area	Herefordshire
Coordinates	52°01′18″N 2°55′59″W / 52.021643°N 2.933154°WCoordinates: 52°01′18″N 2°55′59″W / 52.021643°N 2.933154°W
Operations
Original company	Golden Valley Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
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
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Vowchurch railway station was a railway station on the Golden Valley Railway line between Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye. It served the village of Vowchurch in Herefordshire, England, from 1881. The station closed and re-opened three times before the line's closure to passenger services in 1941. The line became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923.

The station comprised a single platform adjacent to the road and level crossing. To the west there was a goods yard which was particularly used for shipping timber. Construction materials for RAF Madley were brought through the yard during World War II.^[1][2] Goods services continued on the line until 1949.

References

1. Satellite photos of the station site at Ewyas Lacy Study Group website
2. The rise and fall of the Golden Valley Railway at Ewyas Lacy Study Group website

Golden Valley Railway
Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway Hay-on-Wye Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway Clifford Westbrook Dorstone Peterchurch Vowchurch Abbeydore Elm Bridge Munitions Depot Welsh Marches Line to Hereford Pontrilas Welsh Marches Line