Dinmore railway station served the villages of
Bodenham
Bodenham is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and on a bend in the River Lugg, about seven miles south of Leominster. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,024, reducing to 998 at the 2011 census.
The vill ...
and
Hope under Dinmore
Hope under Dinmore is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The village is on the A49 road, south of Leominster and north of Hereford, and on the Welsh Marches railway line. The railway passes under Dinmore Hill through the sp ...
,
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 between 1853 and 1958.
History
The main line of the
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway was an English railway company that built a standard gauge line between those places. It opened its main line in 1853.
Its natural ally seemed to be the Great Western Railway. With other lines it formed a rou ...
was authorised in 1846, and opened in two stages. The second section, between and , opened on 6 December 1853, and one of the original stations on that stretch was named ''Dinmore''.
It was just to the south of
Dinmore Tunnel
Dinmore Tunnel is the name given to two railway tunnels located on the former Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR) line between Hereford station and Leominster station. The first tunnel (currently the 'up' tunnel) was built in 1853, with the ...
,
which passes under Dinmore Hill.
Dinmore station closed on 9 June 1958,
but the line remains open as part of the
Welsh Marches Line.
References
Further reading
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External links
Dinmore Station on navigable 1952 O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Herefordshire
Former Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1853
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958
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