Longhope railway station

Former railway station in Gloucestershire, England

Longhope
General information
LocationLonghope, Forest of Dean
England
Grid referenceSO690189
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1855Station opens
2 November 1964Station closes
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Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
Legend
Welsh Marches line (S&HR)
Cotswold Line (OW&WR)
Hereford Barrs Court
Hereford Barton
River Wye
Rotherwas Junction
ROF Rotherwas
Welsh Marches line NA&HR)
Dinedor tunnel
Holme Lacy
Ballingham tunnel
Ballingham
Ballingham Bridge
across the River Wye
Fawley Tunnel
Fawley
Backney Halt
Ross-on-Wye
Weston under Penyard Halt
Mitcheldean Road
Lea Line tunnel
Longhope
Blaisdon Halt
Grange Court
Grange Court Junction

Longhope railway station is a disused stone-built railway station that served the village of Longhope in Gloucestershire, England. Opened in 1855 with the line, it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester. Longhope station was used in season to export locally produced jam and fruit. The station had a passing loop[1] on what was a single track.

The station has been demolished but the waiting room still remains.

References

  1. ^ "The Longhope Village Website".

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 54-59. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.

External links

  • Longhope on a navigable 1946 O. S. map
Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Blaisdon Halt   Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
British Railways
  Mitcheldean Road
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Closed railway stations in western Gloucestershire
South Wales Railway
Ledbury and Gloucester Railway
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Ross and Monmouth Railway
Coleford Railway
Wye Valley Railway
GWR Forest of Dean Branch
Severn and Wye Railway
Severn Bridge Railway

51°52′05″N 2°27′04″W / 51.8681°N 2.4510°W / 51.8681; -2.4510

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