Ruddle Road Halt railway station

Ruddle Road Halt
General information
Location	Newnham on Severn, Forest of Dean England
Coordinates	51°47′58″N2°27′20″W / 51.799381°N 2.455651°W / 51.799381; -2.455651
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
3 August 1907	Opened [1]
29 April 1917	Closed [1]
Location

Ruddle Road Halt railway station was a minor station ^[2] on the Great Western Railway's, Gloucester-Newport line on the outskirts of Newnham on Severn, Gloucestershire, England. The station was operational for less than ten years, from 3 August 1907 to 29 April 1917, ^{[3] [4]} and has since been demolished. The track remains in use on the Gloucester to Newport line. The station was also the start of a branch line to Cinderford New station and Mitcheldean Road station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway. The branch to Cinderford closed in 1967 and has since been returned to agriculture and built on.^{[ citation needed ]}

Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Awre for Blakeney Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bullo Pill Railway		Newnham Line open, station closed

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
2. Wignall, Clifford J. (1983). Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer, from 1830-1981. Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-86093-162-1.
3. Quick, Michael (September 2023). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain - A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 396. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
4. Bradshaw's Railway Guide. A.M. Kelley. 1968.

External links

• Ruddle Road Halt
• Ruddle Road & Bullo Cross Halts
• The Main Line - Severn Tunnel Junction to Gloucester