Newent railway station

51°56′06″N 2°24′29″W / 51.9349°N 2.4080°W / 51.9349; -2.4080Grid referenceSO719263Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNewent RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates27 July 1885Opened13 July 1959Closed to passengers1964Closed to all traffic

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Legend
For canal icons used below, please refer to waterways legend instead. Cotswold Line Ledbury Ledbury Tunnel Hereford Road Skew Bridge Ledbury Town Halt A449 River Leadon Greenway Halt Preston Brook B4215 Dymock Four Oaks Halt Ell Brook Newent B4215 Malswick Halt B4215 Barbers Bridge Gloucester–Newport line Over Junction River Severn Alney Island Gloucester Docks branch River Severn Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Central Gloucester Eastgate Tuffley Loop Cross Country Route to Bristol Cross Country Route to Birmingham

Newent railway station served the town of Newent in Gloucestershire, England.

It opened on 27 July 1885 when the Newent Railway and the Ross and Ledbury Railway (with whom the Newent Railway had an end on connection at Dymock) opened their lines making a connection between Ledbury and Over Junction on the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway.^[1][2]

The station had two platforms on a passing loop, a goods shed to the west and several sidings, one of which was equipped with a 5 ton crane. The goods yard was able to accommodate live stock and a full range of goods.^[3][4]

The station was host to a GWR camp coach in 1935, 1938 and 1939.^[5][6]

The station closed for passengers on 13 July 1959,^[1] but the line remained open for freight traffic until 1964.^[7] It was located opposite what is now the Newent fire station. The buttresses of the Station Bridge can be seen intact on nearby Station Road.

As of 2011 there was a proposal by the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust to reopen the 34 mile Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal upon which the railway was built.^[8]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Malswick Halt		Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Great Western Railway		Four Oaks Halt

References

Bibliography

• Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. ISBN 1-874103-53-4.
• Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 89-92. ISBN 9781904474388. OCLC 862604858.