Tram Inn railway station

Tram Inn
The site of the station, now a level crossing, in 2009
General information
Location	East of Thruxton, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	51°59′54″N2°46′56″W / 51.9982°N 2.7822°W / 51.9982; -2.7822
Grid reference	SO464335
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854	Opened
9 June 1958	Closed to passengers
1964	closed
Location

Tram Inn railway station was a station to the east of Thruxton, Herefordshire, England. It was named after a local public house, itself named after a tramway that carried coal into Hereford before the modern railway. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The station was opened in 1854, closed to passengers in 1958 ^{[4] [5]} and closed completely in 1964.

References

1. Simpson, Helen J. (1997). The Day the Trains Came: The Herefordshire Railways : the People who Built Them and who Rejoiced when They Arrived. Gracewing Publishing. ISBN   978-0-85244-374-3 . Retrieved 26 December 2022.
2. Cornelius Hallen, A. W. (1892). "Holiday Notes on the Welsh Marches". The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries. 7: 66. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
3. Greene, Miranda (2 March 2015). "The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford railway". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
4. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 426. OCLC   931112387.
5. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 233. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2005). Hereford to Newport. Middleton Press. figs. 25-31. ISBN   9781904474548. OCLC   318952259.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
St Devereux Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway		Hereford Barton Line and station closed