Former railway station in Gloucestershire, England
Lydbrook Junction
General information
Location
Lydbrook, Forest of Dean England
Grid reference
SO585172
Platforms
4
Other information
Status
Disused
History
Pre-grouping
Ross and Monmouth Railway
Post-grouping
Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 August 1873
Opened
5 January 1959
Closed
Lydbrook Junction railway station is a disused railway station in England opened by the Ross and Monmouth Railway in 1873, it remained open for 91 years until 1964 when the line finally closed to freight, though passenger services ceased in 1959. The station was constructed in the hamlet of Stowfield approximately half a mile from Lydbrook and its viaduct on the Severn and Wye Railway. It was located approximately 4 miles and 34 chains along the railway from Ross-on-Wye station. In 1874 the Severn and Wye Railway opened a branch from Serridge Junction and Cinderford, passenger services commenced in 1875. All passenger trains along the S&W branch were withdrawn from 1929.[1]
^Jenkins, Stanley C. (2009). The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line (2nd rev. ed.). Usk, Mon. [i.e. Monmouth]: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-692-4. OCLC 458728962.
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