Holme Lacy railway station

Holme Lacy
The overgrown platform in 2006.
General information
Location	Holme Lacy, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	52°01′00″N2°39′06″W / 52.0168°N 2.6518°W / 52.0168; -2.6518
Grid reference	SO552356
Platforms	1
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	Station opened
2 November 1964	Station closed [1] [2]
Location

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 )

Holme Lacy railway station is a disused railway station that served the village of Holme Lacy in Herefordshire. One of the original two stations between Hereford and Ross, along with Fawley, Holme Lacy opened with the line on 1 June 1855 ^[3] it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Hereford. The platform remains and the station building has been demolished to foundation level.

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  The rusting railings on the disused platform in 2006.
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  Another view of the platform, again in 2006.

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 230. OCLC   931112387.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 122. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 501. OCLC   931112387.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 9-12. ISBN   9781906008307. OCLC   370350430.

External links

• Station site today
• Holme Lacy on a navigable 1946 O. S. map

Former Services

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