Place Newnham on Severn Grid reference SO688122 Post-grouping Great Western Railway Original company South Wales Railway | Area Forest of Dean Pre-grouping Great Western Railway 19 September 1851 (1851-09-19) Opened Platforms in use 2 | |
Similar Severn Bridge railway st, Grange Court railway st, Ruspidge Halt railway st, Drybrook Road railway st, Whitecroft railway station | ||
Newnham railway station was a station serving the village of Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire.
History
The South Wales Railway was formed in 1845 to build a line from Chepstow to Fishguard and to Pembroke Dock; an eastern extension to Grange Court was soon added, which would meet a westward extension of the Great Western Railway from Gloucester. The line from Gloucester to Chepstow East opened on 19 September 1851, and included a station at Newnham.
The station closed on 5 May 1941, and reopened on 7 October 1946.
Final closure came on 2 November 1964.
References
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