Place Newent Grid reference SO719263 Post-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms in use 2 | Area Forest of Dean Pre-grouping Great Western Railway 1885 Opened | |
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Address Newent GL18 1BD, United Kingdom Original company Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Similar Dymock railway station, Barbers Bridge railway st, Grange Court railway st, Ruspidge Halt railway st | ||
Site of newent railway station november 2016
Newent railway station was a stop on the former Ledbury and Gloucester Railway. It opened in 1885 and served the town of Newent. It was closed for passengers in 1959, but the line remained open for freight traffic until 1964. It was located opposite what is now the Newent fire station. The buttresses of the Station Bridge can be seen intact on nearby Station Road.
As of 2011 there was a proposal by the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust to reopen the 34 mile Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal upon which the railway was built.
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