Whitecroft railway station

Whitecroft & Bream
General information
Location	Whitecroft, Forest of Dean England
Coordinates	51°45′10″N2°33′09″W / 51.75290°N 2.55247°W / 51.75290; -2.55247
Grid reference	SO619062
System	Station on heritage railway
Managed by	Dean Forest Railway
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Severn and Wye Railway
Key dates
23 September 1875	opened
8 July 1929	closed for passengers
25 May 2012	reopened
Location

Whitecroft & Bream railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway.

History

A 1911 RCH map of railways in the vicinity of Whitecroft

v t e Dean Forest Railway
Legend
Severn and Wye Railway Traveller's Rest Crossing Parkend Crossing Parkend to Marsh Sidings Whitecroft Crossing Whitecroft Severn and Wye Railway Mineral Loop Tufts Bridge over River Lyd Severn and Wye Railway to Princess Royal Colliery Tufts Junction Norchard High / Low Level | Loco Shed Middle Forge Junction Lydney Town Crossing Lydney Town St Mary's Halt Lydney Bypass Crossing  A48  Pidcock's Canal River Lyd Station Road Crossing Lydney Junction to Sharpness via Severn Railway Bridge Lydney   Newport  –  Gloucester   Gloucester–Newport line Lydney Canal River Severn

v t e Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean
Railways legend Waterways legend
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Jn Ry Drybrook Quarry Ross and Monmouth Railway Drybrook Halt Lydbrook Junction Nailbridge Halt Steam Mills Crossing Halt Lower Lydbrook Churchway Colliery Upper Lydbrook Whimsey Halt Mineral Loop Drybrook Road Coleford Railway Serridge Platform Cinderford New Wimberry Quarry Whitecliff Quarry Bilson Halt Speech House Road Ruspidge Halt Bicslade Tramroad Staple Edge Halt Bicslade Wharf Eastern United Colliery Coleford (CR) Upper Soudley Halt Coleford (S&WR) Bullo Cross Halt Gloucester– Newport line Milkwall Newnham Parkhill Colliery Ruddle Road Halt New Fancy Colliery Howbeach Colliery Parkend Forest of Dean Central Railway Whitecroft Awre for Blakeney Tufts Junction Mineral Loop Norchard River Severn Middle Forge Jcn Lydney Town Severn Railway Bridge Severn Bridge Gloucester and Sharpness Canal St Mary's Halt Sharpness Lydney Junction Sharpness Docks Lydney Sharpness branch line Upper Forge Lydney Harbour Pidcock's Canal Lydney Canal Lower Forge Gloucester– Newport line River Severn

The station originally opened on 23 September 1875, and closed on 8 July 1929. ^[1] It was re-opened to passengers on 25 May 2012 after a construction period of around 18 months. ^[2]

Much of the funding for the restoration programme came from a Rural Development grant, administered by the Forest of Dean Local Action Group in Coleford. The programme of work involved the construction of a four-coach platform on the Pillowell (up) side of the line, with the new station building be constructed in traditional Severn and Wye style. ^[3]

Future developments in Whitecroft will include doubling the track through the station, the construction of the second (down) platform on the Bream side of the line and the addition of a goods shed. ^[4]

Services

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Parkend Terminus		Dean Forest Railway		Norchard towards Lydney Junction
Disused railways
Parkend Station restored		Severn and Wye Railway (Later MR and GWR)		Lydney Town Station restored

See also

• Dean Forest Railway

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 248. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. "Restored Whitecroft Railway Station officially opened". BBC News Gloucestershire. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
3. "Whitecroft Station". Forest of Dean Local Action Group. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
4. "Station reopens after £100,000 restoration". This is Gloucestershire. Retrieved 10 June 2012.