Abbeydore railway station

51°58′20″N 2°53′50″W / 51.9721°N 2.8973°W / 51.9721; -2.8973Grid referenceSO385308Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGolden Valley RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1 September 1881Station opens22 October 1883Station closes17 November 1883Station reopens2 July 1885Station closes19 August 1885Station reopens20 April 1898Station closes1 May 1901Station reopens15 December 1941Station closes

Abbeydore railway station was a station in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England. It was located on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. The area is known as the Golden Valley.

History

Opened by the Golden Valley Railway in 1881, the station closed and reopened three times in the next twenty years. It closed for the last time in 1941.

Just south before the station, via a level crossing, was the railway access point for the MoD's Elm Bridge Munitions Depot.

In 1901, traces of the Roman road which passed from Wroxeter to Abergavenny were found at the station.^[1]

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
• Abbeydore station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 61-67. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bacton Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Golden Valley Railway		Pontrilas Line and station closed