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Former railway station in Herefordshire, England

Abbeydore
Location of the former station (1994)
General information
LocationAbbey Dore, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates51°58′20″N 2°53′50″W / 51.9721°N 2.8973°W / 51.9721; -2.8973
Grid referenceSO385308
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 September 1881
Original companyGolden Valley Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
22 October 1883Station closes
17 November 1883Station reopens
2 July 1885Station closes
19 August 1885Station reopens
20 April 1898Station closes
1 May 1901Station reopens
15 December 1941Station closes

Abbeydore railway station was a station in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England. It was located on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. The area is known as the Golden Valley.

History

Opened by the Golden Valley Railway in 1881, the station closed and reopened three times in the next twenty years. It closed for the last time in 1941.

Just south before the station, via a level crossing, was the railway access point for the MoD's Elm Bridge Munitions Depot.

In 1901, traces of the Roman road which passed from Wroxeter to Abergavenny were found at the station.

References

  1. "LacusCurtius • Codrington's Roman Roads in Britain – Chapter 2".

Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bacton
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Golden Valley Railway
  Pontrilas
Line and station closed
Closed railway stations in Herefordshire
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Hereford, Ross and
Gloucester Railway
Leominster and Kington Railway
Kington and Eardisley Railway
Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
Golden Valley Railway
Newport, Abergavenny
and Hereford Railway
West Midland Railway
Ross and Monmouth Railway
Worcester, Bromyard
and Leominster Railway
Ledbury and Gloucester Railway
Other


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