Lydbrook Junction railway station is a disused railway station in England opened by the Ross and Monmouth Railway in 1873, it remained open for 91 years until 1964 when the line finally closed to freight, though passenger services ceased in 1959. The station was constructed in the hamlet of Stowfield approximately half a mile from

Lydbrook Lydbrook is a civil parish in the Forest of Dean, a local government district in the English county of Gloucestershire and is located in the Wye Valley. It is on the north west edge of the Forest of Dean's present legal boundary proper. It compri ...

and its

viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...

on the

Severn and Wye Railway The Severn and Wye Railway began as an early tramroad network established in the Forest of Dean to facilitate the carriage of minerals to watercourses for onward conveyance. It was based on Lydney, where a small harbour was constructed, and open ...

. It was located approximately 4 miles and 34

chains A chain is a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension. A c ...

along the railway from Ross-on-Wye station. In 1874 the

opened a branch from Serridge Junction and

Cinderford Cinderford is a town and civil parish on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The population was 8,777 at the 2021 Census. The town came into existence in the 19th century, following the rapid expansion of Cind ...

, passenger services commenced in 1875. All passenger trains along the S&W branch were withdrawn from 1929.

History

Bilson, Cinderford, Coleford, Lydbrook & Lydney RJD 86

The station was built by the Ross and Monmouth Railway which ran between

Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...

and

Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: ''Rhosan ar Wy'') is a market town in England, near the border with Wales. It had a population of 10,582 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 11,309 in 2019. It lies in south-eastern Herefordshire, on the River Wye and ...

heading along the route 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 ...

, the

which went south east into the

Forest of Dean The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the n ...

met the railway soon after. It was situated on the south side of the

and consisted of four platforms, (two on each line) a middle sized stone 'L' shaped station building, a large

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

style signal box at the end of the R&MR up platform. It also had a goods yard with two sidings and facilities for coal, livestock and general freight. The goods shed was just a small structure by the side of the station building on the R&MR down platform. The Ross and Monmouth Railway ran trains to the station from 1873 and the first train between

Lydney Lydney is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the west bank of the River Severn in the Forest of Dean District, and is 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Gloucester. The town has been bypassed by the A48 road since 1995 ...

and

on the

ran on 23 September 1875. The

closed to passengers on 8 July 1929 and to goods in 1951. It was dismantled in 1966. The Ross and Monmouth Railway closed in 1959. The Old Railway Tunnel under Coppett Hill - geograph

The Old Railway Tunnel under Coppett Hill - geograph

Lydbrook was served by two further railway stations, Upper Lydbrook, and a halt Lower Lydbrook; both were on the

References

External links

Station on 1952 OS Map
{{Transport in Gloucestershire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1873 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 Former Great Western Railway stations Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire