Fawley railway station (Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway)

For the disused station on the Fawley Branch Line of a similar name, see Fawley railway station.

Fawley
Fawley station in September 1974, after closure.
General information
Location	King's Caple, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	51°57′54″N2°37′20″W / 51.9650°N 2.6221°W / 51.9650; -2.6221
Grid reference	SO573297
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1855 [1] [2]	Station opens
2 November 1964	Station closes
Location

Site of Fawley station in 2018

v t e Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Legend
Welsh Marches line (S&HR) Cotswold Line (OW&WR) Hereford, Hay & Brecon Rly Hereford Barrs Court Hereford Barton River Wye Rotherwas Junction ROF Rotherwas Welsh Marches line NA&HR ) Dinedor tunnel Holme Lacy Ballingham tunnel Ballingham Ballingham Bridge across the River Wye Fawley Tunnel Fawley River Wye Backney Halt River Wye Ross-on-Wye Ross and Monmouth Railway Weston under Penyard Halt Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Mitcheldean Road Lea Line tunnel Longhope Blaisdon Halt Gloucester–Newport line ( SWR ) Grange Court Grange Court Junction Gloucester–Newport line ( G&DFR )

Fawley railway station is a disused stone built railway station that served the village of King's Caple in Herefordshire on Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway. The station had two platforms each with its own brick built waiting rooms, and a small goods yard. It was situated just south of Fawley Tunnel. It closed, along with the line, on 2 November 1964. ^{[3] [1]}

The station platforms still remain today, although overgrown. ^[4]

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 95. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 501. OCLC   931112387.
3. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 180. OCLC   931112387.
4. "Eerie site of a long-abandoned Herefordshire station Hereford Times". Hereford Times. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 17-21. ISBN   9781906008307. OCLC   370350430.

External links

• Fawley on a navigable 1946 O. S. map

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Backney Halt		Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway British Railways		Ballingham