Monmouth Mayhill railway station (alternatively Monmouth May Hill railway station) is a disused railway station on the

Ross and Monmouth Railway The Ross and Monmouth Railway was a standard gauge railway of which ran between Ross-on-Wye, in Herefordshire, England and Monmouth, Wales. It was authorised in 1865 and opened in 1873, with a final extension at Monmouth delayed until 1874. It ...

which was opened in 1873 and closed in 1959. It was one of two stations that served the town of

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 ...

, Wales and was situated on the opposite bank of the river

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

. It was the initial terminus of the line, but the line was extended across the

to the junction station of Monmouth Troy in 1874 with the construction of the

Duke of Beaufort Bridge The Monmouth Viaduct or Chippenham Meadow Viaduct is a 20-arch 183m red sandstone viaduct, with two 23m steel lattice-girder spans over the river. It carried the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway line across the River Wye at Monmouth, ...

.B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, ''The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch'', 1982, Mayhill was originally opened as a temporary station, but it soon became permanent. It was built on the site of May Hill Wharf, where goods were loaded onto barges on the River Wye. Sidings at Mayhill once served a timber yard and gas works. The station building was demolished but the single platform still exists, in the middle of an industrial estate.

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Station on 1947 OS MapSubterranea Britannica: Monmouth May Hill Stationdisused-stations.org.uk
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 Monmouthshire Transport in Monmouthshire History of Monmouthshire Buildings and structures in Monmouth, Wales {{Wales-railstation-stub