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Wye Station (other)
A wye station is a station located at a railway wye or junction, and may refer to: England *Wye railway station, in Kent, England *Redbrook on Wye railway station, a former station in Gloucestershire, England *Ross-on-Wye railway station, a former station in Herefordshire, England **Ross-on-Wye weather station, an automated weather station in Herefordshire, England * Whitney-on-Wye railway station, a former station in Herefordshire, England *RAF Wye, a temporary First World War Royal Air Force training airfield in Kent, England Wales * Glasbury-on-Wye railway station, a former station in Powys, Wales *Hay-on-Wye railway station, a former station in Powys, Wales *Newbridge on Wye railway station Newbridge on Wye railway station stood on the single-tracked Mid Wales Railway between Builth Wells and Rhayader.Dewick, page 14. It was closed on 31 December 1962 and the trackbed removed. The site has been cleared and now contains senior cit ..., a former station in Powys, Wales See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wye (rail)
In railroad structures, and rail terminology, a wye (like the'' 'Y' ''glyph) or triangular junction (often shortened to just "triangle") is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each corner connecting to each incoming line. A turning wye is a specific case. Where two rail lines join, or in a joint between a railroad's mainline and a spur, wyes can be used at a mainline rail junction to allow incoming trains the ability to travel in either direction, or in order to allow trains to pass from one line to the other line. Wyes can also be used for turning railway equipment, and generally cover less area than a balloon loop doing the same job, but at the cost of two additional sets of points to construct, then maintain. These turnings are accomplished by performing the railway equivalent of a three-point turn through successive junctions of the wye, the direction of travel and the relative orientation of a locomotive or rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wye Railway Station
Wye railway station serves Wye in Kent, England, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern. History The first plan for a station near Wye was in 1812, when John Rennie the Elder proposed building a canal to connect the River Medway in North Kent with the River Rother in East Sussex. A tramway would connect Wye to the canal. The proposal was abandoned in favour of through railways. The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway on 6 February 1846, along with the rest of the line from Ashford to . It was a constructed next to a level crossing with the main road, on the grounds that Parliament believed trains would not be frequent. A crane for goods traffic was installed in 1852. The station began serving local gravel goods traffic in 1919. Freight facilities were closed on 10 June 1963. Racecourse station On the opposite side of the level crossing a separate station was opened in March 1882 to serve the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redbrook On Wye Railway Station
Redbrook on Wye railway station was a station serving the village of Redbrook on the now disused Wye Valley Railway. It was opened on 1 November 1876 with the rest of the line and remained open for 83 years, it closed in 1959. The sidings and passing loop remained open until late 1961 to serve the Tinplate Works in the village.B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, ''The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch'', 1982, History The station was opened in 1876 as one of the four stopping places on the line, the others were Tidenham Station, Tintern Station and St. Briavels Station. The station complex consisted of a platform, station building, goods shed, signal box, passing loop and sidings; the signal box controlled the loop and sidings. The signal box was only used when needed as the sidings were only occasionally used. Throughout its life, the station won many awards for its flowers and decorations, its climbing roses especially. The staff were often in competition with Tinter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross-on-Wye Railway Station
Ross-on-Wye railway station is a former junction railway station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway constructed just to the north of the Herefordshire town of Ross-on-Wye. It was the terminus of the Ross and Monmouth Railway which joined the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway just south of the station. History The station was opened on 1 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway four years after line had received parliamentary consent to be constructed. A line from Ross-on-Wye to Tewkesbury was authorised by parliament in 1856 but was never built. On 29 July 1862 the line was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway and in 1869 the line was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in a five-day period. In 1873 the Ross and Monmouth Railway to Monmouth via Lydbrook was opened and it terminated at the station. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The lines to Ross closed in stages. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross-on-Wye Weather Station
The Ross-on-Wye weather station is a weather station, now fully automated, situated off the Walford Road in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England. Tradition Throughout the Second World War, it was the only volunteer-run weather station to be accepted by the Met office. Every night throughout the conflict, it was the only land-locked station to be included in the shipping forecast on the World Service. The anecdotes goes that- even when in the Pacific- the soldiers from Ross would know exactly what the weather was like around at their mothers. Clement Grant Dixon, Physics teacher, Ross Grammar School, 1970. History Henry Southall (1836-1916), set up a station at 'The Craig, Ross' in 1859. It was in 1860, after the loss of the ''Royal Charter'' in 1859, that Robert FitzRoy (1805–1865) used the electric telegraph to transmit weather data so he might issue storm warnings and in 1861 issue weather forecasts. Importantly Ross was already operating. Frederick James Parsons arrived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney-on-Wye Railway Station
Whitney-on-Wye railway station was a station in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ..., England. The station was opened in 1864 and closed in 1962. References Further reading * Disused railway stations in Herefordshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 Former Midland Railway stations {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Wye
Royal Air Force Wye or more RAF Wye was temporary Royal Flying Corps First World War training airfield at Wye, Kent, England. History Wye aerodrome was opened in May 1916 by the Royal Flying Corps as a training airfield, it had a grass landing field and was located on of low-lying meadow between the main Canterbury to Ashford road and the railway line. No. 20 Reserve Squadron moved from nearby Dover on 1 June 1916, it operated the Avro 504 biplane trainer, the Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 a two-seat biplane reconnaissance and bomber and the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 reconnaissance biplane. In January 1917 No. 51 Reserve Squadron arrived as the demand for aircrew for the Western Front increased and in May 1917 a third squadron (No. 66 Reserve Squadron) was formed from personnel and equipment from the two squadrons. At the end of May the Reserve Squadrons (now renamed Training Squadrons) moved out of Wye when the aerodrome was allocated for use as an Anglo-American training a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasbury-on-Wye Railway Station
Glasbury-on-Wye railway station was a station in Glasbury, Powys Powys (; ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh succession of states, successor state, petty kingdom and princi ..., Wales. The station closed in 1962. References Further reading * Disused railway stations in Powys Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 1962 disestablishments in Wales Former Midland Railway stations {{Wales-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hay-on-Wye Railway Station
Hay was a railway station serving the town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales, although the station was located just across the English border in Herefordshire. Hay had one of the earliest railway stations in the country, being part of a horse-drawn tramway. Railway lines from Hay station The Hay Railway, a horse-worked freight tramroad, opened from the Brecon & Abergavenny Canal at Brecon to Hay on 7 May 1816. The line was opened from Hay to Clifford Castle on 30 July 1817. The line was not completed between The Lakes at Clifford and Eardisley until 1 December 1818 because of the problem of the river crossing at Whitney-on-Wye. The Hay Railway was sold in 1860 to the Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway (HH&BR) which made use of parts of its route. The HH&BR was a struggling local line, much of it built by Thomas Savin, contractor and builder of many Welsh lines. It was completed in 1864. Like most local lines it was eventually rescued by a larger company – not the Great Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbridge On Wye Railway Station
Newbridge on Wye railway station stood on the single-tracked Mid Wales Railway between Builth Wells and Rhayader.Dewick, page 14. It was closed on 31 December 1962 and the trackbed removed. The site has been cleared and now contains senior citizens' housing. An overbridge which formed the entry point to the station from the south is still in place. History Newbridge on Wye railway station was opened by the Mid Wales Railway on 21 September 1864.Butt, page 168 The Mid Wales Railway got into financial difficulties and a working arrangement was made with the Cambrian Railways on 2 April 1888;Awdry, page 34. who took over the line on 24 June 1904. The line later became part of the Great Western Railway. The single-tracked Mid Wales Railway line was linked to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR)'s Central Wales line, in the direction of Cilmeri, north of Builth Road Low Level Station, by means of a junction owned by the LNWR.Pre-grouping Railway Junction Diagrams, page 85. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
