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Whitebrook Halt was a
request stop In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, st ...
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 ...
. It was opened in 1927 to serve the village of Whitebrook. It was closed in 1959 when passenger services were withdrawn from the Wye Valley Railway. The station came too late to make full use out of the village's industry. Whitebrook had once been home to three paper mills. However, paper making ceased in Whitebrook in the early 1880s, only four years after the line opened in 1876. The halt was not built until long after the closure of the paper mills.B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, ''The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch'', 1982,


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Disused railway stations in Monmouthshire Transport in Monmouthshire History of Monmouthshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 {{Wales-railstation-stub