Monmouth Troy was one of the two former railway stations at

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. It was built in 1857 by the

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and was used by several other branch lines as the local rail network expanded. The station closed in January 1964 following the closure of the last two lines to the station, the

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and the Ross and Monmouth Railway.

History

Monmouth Troy was built for the

near to

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, and opened on 12 October 1857. It was the larger of the two stations in

,B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, ''The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch'', 1982, the other station being Monmouth Mayhill. The Ross & Monmouth Railway found its way to Monmouth Troy in 1874 followed shortly by the

in 1876, the Coleford Railway came later in 1883. The Coleford Railway closed in 1917. The

withdrew passenger services in 1955, followed by freight services on 12 October 1957. The

and Ross and Monmouth Railway struggled on until 1959, when both railways withdrew passenger services. Freight services on both lines to Monmouth Troy were continued until 5 January 1964 when the station officially closed to rail services. If

had remained a

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it would have been the first county town in Britain to lose all its railway services.

Goods yard

Monmouth Troy also had a large

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; this was constructed at the same time as the station, and outlived it by nine months until October 1964 when its non-rail depot closed.

Tunnel

The short tunnel directly to the west of the station that took the railway beneath Gibraltar Hill was called Monmouth Troy tunnel. It was 140 yards (130 m) long. It is sometimes confused with the A40 road tunnel, named Gibraltar Tunnel, that passes under the same hill.Stanley C Jenkins, ''The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line'', revised second edition 2009,

Monmouth Troy today

During the construction of a building estate which would have destroyed the derelict station building, the

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bought it and moved the building stone-by-stone from

and rebuilt it on the restored railway. Re-construction at

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on the restored line began in 1987 and was completed in 1999; the station is now known as Winchcombe railway station.

Gallery

File:Monmouth (Troy) Station, with local trains geograph-2591621-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Monmouth Troy in November 1958. On the left is 0-4-2T No. 1455 pushing an auto-train from Ross-on-Wye. On the right is 0-6-0PT No. 6439 on a train to Severn Tunnel Junction File:Last Train Leaving Monmouth Troy Station 1959.jpg, The last passenger train leaving the station, 5 January 1959 File:Monmouth Troy station site in 2018.jpg, Monmouth Troy station site in 2018

Notes

References

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railways Website Information on Monmouth Troy

External links

A website about the Ross and Monmouth Railway
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