Almeley railway station

52°09′31″N 2°58′56″W / 52.1587°N 2.9822°W / 52.1587; -2.9822Grid referenceSO329516Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyKington and Eardisley RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates3 August 1874Station opened1 January 1917Station closed11 December 1922Station reopened1 July 1940Station closed

Almeley railway station was a railway station on the line from Kington to Eardisley in the English county of Herefordshire.

History

Opened on the Kington and Eardisley Railway, operated from the outset by the Great Western Railway, the station closed during the Second World War.

The site today

The station building, which was used for many years as a cattle shed, has recently been converted into a dwellinghouse. The platform still exists.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Lyonshall Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Kington and Eardisley Railway		Eardisley Line and station closed

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Kington to Eardisley Line

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. fig. 37. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.

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