Weston under Penyard Halt railway station

Weston under Penyard Halt
Location
Place Weston under Penyard
Area Hereford and Worcester
Coordinates 51°54′32″N 2°32′08″W / 51.9089°N 2.5355°W / 51.9089; -2.5355Coordinates: 51°54′32″N 2°32′08″W / 51.9089°N 2.5355°W / 51.9089; -2.5355
Grid reference SO632235
Operations
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
2 December 1929 Station opens
2 November 1964 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Weston under Penyard Halt railway station is a disused wood built railway station that served the village of Weston under Penyard in Herefordshire on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway. Opened in 1929 to compete with local road transport[1] it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester. Nothing remains of the station.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, WH (1998) Herefordshire Railways Book, Sutton Publishing P25
  2. ↑ Cross, AG (1982) Old Industrial Sites in Wyedean, Self Published P106

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 44-45. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.
Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Mitcheldean Road   Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
British Railways		   Ross-on-Wye


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