Brockweir Halt railway station

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Brockweir Halt
General information
Location Brockweir, Monmouthshire
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
19 August 1929 [1] Opened
January 1959Closed

Brockweir Halt was a request stop on the former Wye Valley Railway. It was opened to the public on 19 August 1929. It closed in 1959 when passenger services were withdrawn from the line. It was situated just north of Brockweir bridge. Nothing now remains of the trackbed because of the realignment of the A466. [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Tintern   Wye Valley Railway
British Railways
  Llandogo Halt

Coordinates: 51°42′25″N2°40′12″W / 51.70700°N 2.66990°W / 51.70700; -2.66990

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References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 101
  2. B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN   0-85361-530-6