Newent railway station

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

Newent
General information
Location	Newent, Forest of Dean England
Coordinates	51.9349°N 2.4080°W / 51.9349; -2.4080
Grid reference	SO719263
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newent Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
27 July 1885	Opened
13 July 1959	Closed to passengers
1964	Closed to all traffic

GWR 2251 Class 3203 hauling the last passenger train at Newent in 1959

v t e Ledbury and Gloucester Railway
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

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

1. Quick 2022, p. 333.
2. Grant 2017, pp. 397 & 474.
3. "Newent station on OS 25 inch map Gloucestershire XVII.10 (Newent; Oxenhall)". National Library of Scotland. 1903. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
4. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 395.
5. McRae 1997, p. 31.
6. Fenton 1999, pp. 199–203.
7. "Barbers Bridge Station". Disused stations.
8. "Boats may arrive at Newent train station". The Forester. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

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.