Almeley railway station

Almeley
Almeley station platform
Location
Place Almeley
Area Herefordshire
Coordinates 52°09′31″N 2°58′56″W / 52.1587°N 2.9822°W / 52.1587; -2.9822Coordinates: 52°09′31″N 2°58′56″W / 52.1587°N 2.9822°W / 52.1587; -2.9822
Grid reference SO329516
Operations
Original company Kington and Eardisley Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
History
3 August 1874 Station opened
1 January 1917 Station closed
11 December 1922 Station reopened
1 July 1940 Station closed
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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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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