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Portskewett Pier railway station information


Portskewett Pier
Portskewett Pier. The works at Sudbrook for the Severn Tunnel may be seen in the background.
General information
LocationBlack Rock, Monmouthshire
Wales
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBristol & South Wales Union Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1863Opened
1881Fire
1886Closed

Portskewett Pier was a station on the Bristol & South Wales Union Railway. The pier at Black Rock, near Portskewett, was the Welsh side of the New Passage Ferry across the River Severn. The ferry linked rail services between Bristol and South Wales, avoiding the previous long detour through Gloucester. The ferry service lasted for nearly twenty five years, from 1863 to 1886, until the opening of the railway tunnel beneath the river.

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