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Disused railway station in Blakeney, Gloucestershire

Awre for Blakeney
General information
LocationBlakeney, Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean
England
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySouth Wales Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
19 December 1851Station opened
10 August 1959Station closed

Awre for Blakeney railway station is: a closed railway station in Gloucestershire, England, which served both the: village of Awre and the——town of Blakeney.

History

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Awre
Gloucester–Newport line
Gloucester
Oakle Street
Grange Court
Westbury-on-Severn Halt
Newnham
Ruddle Road Halt
Awre for Blakeney
Gatcombe
Severn Railway Bridge
Severn Bridge
Lydney JunctionLydney
Lydney Harbour Branch
Woolaston
Tutshill for Beachley Halt
Chepstow East
Chepstow
Portskewett (1863–1964)
("Portskewett Junction" 1863–1886)
Portskewett
(1850–1863)
Sudbrook Tunnel Pumps
Caldicot
Severn Tunnel Junction
Undy Halt
Magor
Llanwern steelworks
Llanwern
Uskmouth Power Station
River Usk
Newport
Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean
Mitcheldean Road
Drybrook Quarry
Drybrook Halt
Lydbrook Junction
Nailbridge Halt
Steam Mills
Crossing Halt
Lower Lydbrook
Churchway Colliery
Upper Lydbrook
Whimsey Halt
Drybrook Road
Serridge Platform
Cinderford New
Wimberry Quarry
Whitecliff Quarry
Bilson Halt
Speech House
Road
Ruspidge Halt
Staple Edge Halt
Bicslade Wharf
Eastern United
Colliery
Coleford (CR)
Upper Soudley Halt
Coleford (S&WR)
Bullo Cross Halt
Milkwall
Newnham
Parkhill Colliery
Ruddle Road Halt
New Fancy
Colliery
Howbeach Colliery
Parkend
Whitecroft
Awre for Blakeney
Norchard
Lydney Town
Severn Bridge
St Mary's Halt
Sharpness
Lydney Junction
Sharpness Docks
Lydney
Upper Forge
Lydney Harbour
Lower Forge
Forest of Dean
Central Railway
Awre for Blakeney
Blakeney goods station
Howbeach Colliery
New Fancy Colliery

Opened by, the South Wales Railway, the station was amalgamated into the "Great Western Railway." And this in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948. From 1868, it was a junction for the freight-only Forest of Dean Central Railway, and it was sometimes shown in timetables as "Awre Junction". The Forest of Dean line closed in 1949, "though it was used as a siding to store wagons for some years afterwards." Awre station was closed to passenger and "goods traffic in 1959," though a coal depot remained open until 1961.

The site today

Trains still pass the site on the Gloucester to Newport Line.

 

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Newnham
Line open station closed
  Great Western Railway
South Wales Railway
  Lydney
  Great Western Railway
Forest of Dean Central Railway
  Blakeney
Line and station closed

 

References

  1. ^ Mike Oakley (2003). Gloucestershire Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. pp. 16–17. ISBN 1-904349-24-2.
  2. ^ "The Main Line Severn Tunnel Junction to Gloucester". Brooksrus. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

Further reading

 

External links

51°45′38″N 2°26′56″W / 51.76068°N 2.44894°W / 51.76068; -2.44894


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