Grange Court railway station

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Grange Court
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Grange Court station as it appears today but the platforms have been removed.
General information
Location Northwood Green, Forest of Dean
England
Grid reference SO726161
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1855Station opens
2 November 1964Station closes
Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
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Hereford Barrs Court
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Hereford Barton
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Rotherwas Junction
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Dinedor tunnel
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Holme Lacy
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Ballingham tunnel
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Ballingham
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Backney Halt
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Ross-on-Wye
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Longhope
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Grange Court
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Grange Court Junction
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Grange Court railway station was a junction station on the South Wales Railway in Gloucestershire (on the present day Gloucester to Newport Line) where it met the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway.

Contents

History

Opened on 1 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway the station was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1862 and then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Despite a local campaign to save the station led by West Gloucestershire MP Charles Loughlin [1] the station was closed after the last train on 31 October 1964. [2]

The station has now been demolished.

Station layout

The station consisted of four platforms, two on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway and the other two on the Gloucester to Newport Line. There was a shelter on each platform and platform one (the up platform on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway) had a stone station building with a cafe and booking office etc. There was a footbridge across the station, signal box, sidings and a small goods yard. [3]

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References

  1. The Citizen, 21 October 1964
  2. The Citizen, 31 October 1964
  3. "Grange Court Junction: A visual history". Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Oakle Street
Line open station closed
  Great Western Railway
South Wales Railway
  Westbury-on-Severn Halt
  Great Western Railway
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
  Blaisdon Halt
Line and station closed

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