Dingestow Station was a station on the

Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway The Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway (CMU&PR) was a standard gauge railway of which ran from Monmouth to Little Mill, near Pontypool in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was intended to convey the mineral products of the Forest of Dean to th ...

. It was built in 1857 during the construction of the line and was located 3 miles and 32

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from Monmouth Troy. It was intended to serve the nearby village of

Dingestow Dingestow (pronounced , cy, Llanddingad) is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located south-west of Monmouth and approximately the same distance north-east of Raglan in rural Monmouthshire. The River Trothy passes through the v ...

. It was closed in May 1955 due to a drivers'

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.Stanley C Jenkins, ''The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line'', revised second edition 2009,

Facilities

The station consisted of little more than a station building with a small canopy and single platform. The station master's house was situated at the rear of the station. The station had a

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from 1896 until June 1931 when it was taken out of use and replaced with two

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s. There was also a cattle loading dock.

References

Disused railway stations in Monmouthshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1857 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955 1857 establishments in Wales {{Wales-railstation-stub