Tidenham Station was the station for the village of

Tidenham Tidenham () is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean of west Gloucestershire, England, adjoining the Welsh border. Tidenham is bounded by the River Wye (which forms the Welsh border) to the west and the River Severn to the south. Offa ...

on the former

Wye Valley Railway The Wye Valley Railway was a standard gauge railway that ran for nearly along the Lower Wye Valley between the towns of Chepstow and Monmouth, crossing several times between Wales and England. Opened on 1 November 1876, it was leased to, and w ...

in 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 ...

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

, England. It was opened in 1876 during the construction of the line and closed on 5 January 1959 following the closure of the line to passenger services.B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, ''The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch'', 1982, The next station on the line was Netherhope Halt.

History

Tidenham Station was the first station after Wye Valley Junction on the Wye Valley Railway. It was opened in November 1876 as one of the four main stations on the line, the others being

Tintern Tintern ( cy, Tyndyrn) is a village in the community (Wales), community of Wye Valley (community), Wye Valley, on the west bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with England, about north of Chepstow. It is popular w ...

, St. Briavels and Redbrook on Wye. It consisted of a loop, signal box, platform and station building. Tidenham Station became the first station to close on the line on 1 January 1917; this was a wartime measure to release staff and the station was re-opened on 1 February 1918. The station closed completely in 1959 due to the withdrawal of passenger services on the line. It was converted into a loading bay for the nearby Dayhouse Quarry and was used until c. 1990. It was the last section to be closed on the Wye Valley Railway.

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Former Great Western Railway stations Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire Wye Valley Railway Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1918 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

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