Fawley
Fawley station in September 1974, after closure.
General information
LocationKing's Caple, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates51°57′54″N 2°37′20″W / 51.9650°N 2.6221°W / 51.9650; -2.6221
Grid referenceSO573297
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1855[1][2]Station opens
2 November 1964Station closes
Site of Fawley station in 2018
Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
Welsh Marches line (S&HR)
Cotswold Line (OW&WR)
Hereford, Hay & Brecon Rly
 Hereford Barrs Court
 Hereford Barton
River Wye
Rotherwas Junction
 ROF Rotherwas
Welsh Marches line NA&HR)
Dinedor tunnel
 Holme Lacy
Ballingham tunnel
 Ballingham
Ballingham Bridge
across the River Wye
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 (SWR)
 Grange Court
Grange Court Junction
Gloucester–Newport line (SWR)

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.[3][1]

The station platforms still remain today, although overgrown.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 501. OCLC 931112387.
  3. ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 180. OCLC 931112387.
  4. ↑ "Eerie site of a long-abandoned Herefordshire station Hereford Times". Hereford Times. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 17-21. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.
Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Backney Halt   Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
British Railways		   Ballingham


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