Penallt Halt railway station

Penallt Halt
The site of the station in 2013
General information
Location	Penallt, Monmouthshire Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
August 1931	Opened
1 January 1959	Closed
Location

v t e Wye Valley Railway
Legend
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway Monmouth Troy Ross and Monmouth Railway River Trothy and River Wye Wyesham Halt Wyesham Junction Coleford Railway Wales England Redbrook on Wye Penallt Viaduct over River Wye Gloucestershire Monmouthshire Penallt Halt Whitebrook Halt St Briavels Llandogo Halt Brockweir Halt Tintern River Wye Monmouthshire Gloucestershire Tintern tunnel 182 yd 166 m Tintern Wireworks Branch Tintern Quarry Tidenham tunnel 1190 yd 1088 m Netherhope Halt Tidenham Gloucester–Newport line Wye Valley Junction Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East Chepstow Railway Bridge over River Wye Glos. Mon. Chepstow Gloucester–Newport line

Penallt Halt was a request stop on the former Wye Valley Railway. It was opened on 1 August 1931 and closed in 1959. ^[1] Penallt Halt and Redbrook Station were the closest stations on the line with only Penallt Viaduct separating them. Penallt Halt was close to the village of Redbrook. ^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Whitebrook Halt		Wye Valley Railway British Railways		Redbrook on Wye

51°47′04″N2°40′26″W / 51.7844°N 2.6739°W / 51.7844; -2.6739

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 335. OCLC   931112387.
2. B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN   0-85361-530-6

• Parkhouse, Neil (2013). "8. Monmouth to Chepstow. The Wye Valley Line". West Gloucester & Wye Valley Lines. British Railway History In Colour. Vol. 1. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. p. 220. ISBN   9781899889 76 1.