Chepstow East railway station was a temporary station on the

South Wales Railway The South Wales Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd De Cymru) was a main line railway which opened in stages from 1850, connecting the Great Western Railway from Gloucester to South Wales. It was constructed on the broad gauge. An original aspiration was to ...

(now the

Gloucester to Newport Line Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east of the ...

). It was on the opposite bank of the

River Wye The River Wye (; cy, Afon Gwy ) is the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn estuary. For much of its length the river forms part of Wal ...

from

Chepstow Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western ...

and was only used for a few months until the river was crossed by a railway bridge. This was about a mile from

Chepstow railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = 2022 at Chepstow station - platform 2.JPG , caption = Chepstow station in June 2022 , borough = Chepstow, Monmouthshire , country ...

, at the road bridge close to the future junction of the Wye Valley line (which opened in November 1876). It was opened on 19 September 1851 and served as a temporary station while the

Chepstow railway bridge Chepstow Railway Bridge was built to the instructions of Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852. The "Great Tubular Bridge" over the River Wye at Chepstow, which at that point forms the boundary between Wales and England, is considered one of Brunel' ...

was being constructed across the river to link up with the rest of the line. It closed on 19 July 1852, the day that the bridge over the Wye was opened. Another station, Tutshill for Beachley Halt was opened in 1934 at a close location.

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Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1851 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1852 Chepstow 1851 establishments in England Tidenham {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub