Fawley railway station (Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway)

Fawley
Fawley station in September 1974, after closure.
Location
Place	King's Caple
Area	Herefordshire
Coordinates	51°57′54″N 2°37′20″W / 51.9650°N 2.6221°W / 51.9650; -2.6221Coordinates: 51°57′54″N 2°37′20″W / 51.9650°N 2.6221°W / 51.9650; -2.6221
Grid reference	SO573297
Operations
Original company	Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1855	Station opens
2 November 1964	Station closes
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Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Welsh Marches line (S&HR) Cotswold Line (OW&WR) Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway Hereford Barrs Court Hereford Barton River Wye Rotherwas Junction ROF Rotherwas Welsh Marches line (NA&HR) Dinedor tunnel Holme Lacy Ballingham tunnel Ballingham River Wye (Ballingham Bridge) Fawley Tunnel Fawley River Wye Backney Halt River Wye Ross-on-Wye Ross and Monmouth Railway Weston under Penyard Halt Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Mitcheldean Road Lea Line tunnel Longhope Blaisdon Halt Gloucester–Newport line Grange Court Grange Court Junction Gloucester–Newport line

Fawley railway station is a disused stone built railway station that served the village of King's Caple in Herefordshire on Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway. The station had two platforms each with its own brick built waiting rooms, and a small goods yard. It was situated just south of Fawley Tunnel. It closed, along with the line, on 2 November 1964.

The station site is a private garden.

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 17-21. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.

External links

• Fawley on a navigable 1946 O. S. map