Ross-on-Wye railway station is a former

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on the

Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway (also known as the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway), was a railway which ran for linking Hereford and Gloucester, England, via Ross-on-Wye. It was opened on 1 June 1855 as a broad gauge line, it ...

constructed just to the north of the

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town of

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 ...

. It was the terminus of the Ross and Monmouth Railway which joined the

just south of the station.

History

The station was opened on 1 June 1855 by the

four years after line had received parliamentary consent to be constructed. A line from

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was authorised by parliament in 1856 but was never built. On 29 July 1862 the line was amalgamated with the

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and in 1869 the line was converted from

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in a five-day period. In 1873 the Ross and Monmouth Railway to

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 ...

via

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 ...

was opened and it terminated at the station. The station then passed on to the

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in 1948. The lines to Ross closed in stages. On the Ross and Monmouth Railway passenger services were withdrawn and the section from Lydbrook Junction to Monmouth Troy was closed on 5 January 1959. The remaining section remained open until 1 November 1965 for freight traffic only. The

closed to passengers on 2 November 1964 and the line south to the junction at Grange Court closed on 1 November 1965. The line going north to Rotherwas Junction and Hereford Station closed when passenger service were withdrawn in 1964. The brick built station building has been demolished and the site redeveloped into an industrial estate. The brick goods and engine sheds still stand. Ross Recycling Centre - geograph

The

Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The heritage line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route, and c ...

station at Kidderminster Town is based on the design for Ross-on-Wye even down to the decorative cast roof crestings; the patterns for which were derived from measurement of segments of the original ones.

Stationmasters

*Mr. Grundy ca. 1856 *James Rycroft 1865 - 1885 *William Francis Marvin 1889 - 1899 (afterwards station master at Gloucester) *Ernest C. Peglar 1900 - 1911 (formerly station master at Abergavenny) *W.P. Roberts 1911 - 1915 (afterwards station master at Stroud) *A.J. Bannister D.S.O. 1915 - 1921 (afterwards station master at Paignton) *W.J. Fey 1921 - 1925 (formerly station master at Lydney and Grange Court) *C.J. Rees 1925 - 1930 (formerly station master at Whimsy) *R.W. Kilvington 1931 *Allan A. Crabbe 1931 - 1932 (afterwards station master at Cheltenham)

References

External links

Station on 1952 OS Map Photographs of the station site today Local history site about the railway in Ross
{{Closed stations Herefordshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1855 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Former Great Western Railway stations Disused railway stations in Herefordshire History of Herefordshire Beeching closures in England Ross-on-Wye

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Stationmasters

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