Monmouth Mayhill railway station

Monmouth Mayhill
May Hill Station during floods, probably in 1910. The River Wye runs across middle of the picture and quayside buildings are located to the middle and left.
General information
Location	Monmouth, Monmouthshire Wales
Grid reference	SO514128
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Ross and Monmouth Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 August 1873 (1873-08-04)	Opened
5 January 1959 (1959-01-05)	Closed

v t e Ross and Monmouth Railway
Legend
mi-ch Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway 0-00 Ross-on-Wye Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway 3-12 Walford Halt 4-10 Kerne Bridge River Wye Lydbrook tunnel River Wye Severn and Wye Railway 5-40 Lydbrook Junction Symonds Yat tunnel 7-50 Symonds Yat Herts, England Mon, Wales border 10-59 Hadnock Halt 12-31 Monmouth Mayhill Wye Valley Railway and Coleford Railway River Wye 13-10 Monmouth Troy Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway

Monmouth Mayhill railway station (alternatively Monmouth May Hill railway station) is a disused railway station on the

Mayhill was originally opened as a temporary station, but it soon became permanent. It was built on the site of May Hill Wharf, where goods were loaded onto barges on the River Wye.[3] Sidings at Mayhill once served a timber yard and gas works.^[1] The station building was demolished but the single platform still exists, in the middle of an industrial estate.

References

External links

• Station on 1947 OS Map
• Subterranea Britannica: Monmouth May Hill Station
• disused-stations.org.uk

51°48′42″N 2°42′27″W / 51.8118°N 2.7075°W / 51.8118; -2.7075

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