Longhope railway station

Longhope
General information
Location	Longhope, Forest of Dean England
Grid reference	SO690189
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	Station opens
2 November 1964	Station closes
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 )

Longhope railway station is a disused stone-built railway station that served the village of Longhope in Gloucestershire, England. Opened in 1855 with the line, it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester. Longhope station was used in season to export locally produced jam and fruit. The station had a passing loop ^[1] on what was a single track.

The station has been demolished but the waiting room still remains.

References

1. "The Longhope Village Website".

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 54-59. ISBN   9781906008307. OCLC   370350430.

External links

• Longhope on a navigable 1946 O. S. map

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Blaisdon Halt		Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway British Railways		Mitcheldean Road

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