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Symonds Yat railway station is a disused railway station on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed on the banks of the
Opened in 1873, it consisted of two platforms and a timber station building on the down platform, it closed in 1959 with the closure of the line. The railways were at first used as a quick means of bringing the boats back from Chepstow.
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Station on 1952 OS Map
*http://www.oldukphotos.com/graphics/England%20Photos/Herefordshire,%20Symonds%20Yat,%20Rail%20Station%201910%27s.jpg Photograph of the station circa 1910]
Photograph of the station site today
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 Herefordshire History of Herefordshire River Wye {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub
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 ...
in Symonds Yat
Symonds Yat is a village in the Wye Valley and a popular tourist destination, straddling the River Wye in the English county of Herefordshire, close to the Gloucestershire border. It is within a few miles of Monmouthshire and the Welsh border. ...
East.
History
Opened in 1873, it consisted of two platforms and a timber station building on the down platform, it closed in 1959 with the closure of the line. The railways were at first used as a quick means of bringing the boats back from Chepstow.
A camping coach
Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...
was positioned here by the Western Region from 1953 to 1958; an early form of self-catering accommodation which used converted redundant railway carriages for occupation by holidaymakers who could arrive and depart by train. Today the station site has long been levelled but the foundations of the station building and platforms remain and the area now forms a car parking area for a local hotel inn.
Station site today
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External links
Station on 1952 OS Map
*http://www.oldukphotos.com/graphics/England%20Photos/Herefordshire,%20Symonds%20Yat,%20Rail%20Station%201910%27s.jpg Photograph of the station circa 1910]
Photograph of the station site today
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 Herefordshire History of Herefordshire River Wye {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub