Barbers Bridge railway station

Barber's Bridge
Barbers Bridge railway station in 1961
General information
Location	Rudford, Forest of Dean England
Grid reference	SO771222
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newent Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	GWR
Key dates
27 July 1885 (1885-07-27)	Opened
13 July 1959	Closed
1964	completely closed
Location

v t e Ledbury and Gloucester Railway
Legend
Waterways legend Ledbury Cotswold Line to Oxford Cotswold Line to Hereford Ledbury Tunnel Hereford Road Skew Bridge River Leadon Ledbury Town Halt  A449  Greenway Halt Preston Brook  B4215  Dymock Four Oaks Halt Ell Brook Newent  B4215  Malswick Halt  B4215  Barbers Bridge Gloucester– Newport line Over Junction River Severn   Alney Island Gloucester Docks branch River Severn Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Central Tuffley Loop Gloucester Eastgate Cross Country Route to Bristol Cross Country Route to Birmingham

Barbers Bridge railway station was on the Ledbury and Gloucester Railway in Gloucestershire, England. It was opened on 27 July 1885 and it closed to passengers on 13 July 1959, ^[1] and then fully closed in 1964. ^{[2] [3]}

The old station site at Barbers Bridge. The station building is just about visible beyond the pine tree in the centre of the shot: Lots of the trees are recognisable from the 1961 picture.

The station was located just to the east of Tibberton village, on the west side of the B4215 road. ^[2]

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 26. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Nick Catford (20 April 2010). "Station Name: BARBERS BRIDGE STATION". Site Record. Disused Stations. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
3. Watford, Chris Gordon (May 2024). "The Gloucester to Ledbury branch". Steam Days. No. 417. pp. 38–48.

• Parkhouse, Neil (2013). "3. The Ledbury Branch". West Gloucester & Wye Valley Lines. British Railway History In Colour. Vol. 1. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN   9781899889 76 1.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 95-96. ISBN   9781904474388. OCLC   862604858.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Gloucester		Great Western Railway Ledbury and Gloucester Railway		Malswick Halt

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