Vowchurch railway station

Vowchurch
Location
Place	Vowchurch
Area	Herefordshire
Coordinates	52°01′18″N 2°55′59″W / 52.0216°N 2.9331°W / 52.0216; -2.9331Coordinates: 52°01′18″N 2°55′59″W / 52.0216°N 2.9331°W / 52.0216; -2.9331
Grid reference	SO359363
Operations
Original company	Golden Valley Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 September 1881	Opened
22 October 1883	Closed
17 November 1883	Reopened
2 July 1885	Closed
19 August 1885	Reopened
20 April 1898	Closed
1 May 1901	Reopened
15 December 1941	Closed
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Vowchurch railway station was a railway station on the Golden Valley Railway line between Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye. It served the village of Vowchurch in Herefordshire, England, from 1881. The station closed and re-opened three times before the line's closure to passenger services in 1941. The line became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923.

The station comprised a single platform adjacent to the road and level crossing. To the west there was a goods yard which was particularly used for shipping timber. Construction materials for RAF Madley were brought through the yard during World War II.^[1][2] Goods services continued on the line until 1949.

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 70-72. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.

Golden Valley Railway
Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway Hay-on-Wye Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway Clifford Greens Siding Westbrook Dorstone Peterchurch Vowchurch Bacton Abbeydore Elm Bridge Munitions Depot Welsh Marches line to Hereford Pontrilas Welsh Marches line