Dymock railway station

Dymock
General information
Location	Dymock, Gloucestershire England
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
27 July 1885	Opened
13 July 1959	Closed to passengers
1964	closed to freight
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

Dymock railway station was a stop on the former Ledbury and Gloucester Railway. It opened in 1885 and served the Gloucestershire village of Dymock. It had a passing loop, as well as a goods shed and goods yard. ^[1] It was closed for passengers in 1959 ^[2] but remained open for freight traffic until 1964 when the line was closed. ^[3]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Four Oaks Halt		Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Great Western Railway		Greenway Halt

References

1. Watford, Chris Gordon (May 2024). "The Gloucester to Ledbury branch". Steam Days. No. 417. pp. 38–48.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 164. OCLC   931112387.
3. "Disused Stations: Barbers Bridge Station".

• Parkhouse, Neil (2013). "3. The Ledbury Branch". West Gloucester & Wye Valley Lines. British Railway History In Colour. Vol. 1. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. pp. 58–62. ISBN   9781899889 76 1.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 84-86. ISBN   9781904474388. OCLC   862604858.

51°58′39″N2°26′25″W / 51.9775°N 2.4403°W / 51.9775; -2.4403