Upper Soudley Halt railway station
Upper Soudley Halt railway station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Soudley, Forest of Dean England |
| Coordinates | 51°47′31″N 2°29′47″W / 51.7919°N 2.4964°W |
| Grid reference | SO658104 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 3 August 1907 | Station opened |
| 3 November 1958 | Station closed |
Upper Soudley Halt railway station is a disused railway station that was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on the former Bullo Pill Railway, later known as the GWR Forest of Dean Branch.
History
Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean |
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The station - serving the village of
The platform, as well as being accessible from the public highway, could also be accessed from the former Bullo Pill Tramway (locally known as the Dram Road) which was latterly used as a footpath, but there is no record of a boarded crossing over the track ever being provided at that location.[5] In the later years, crews working down trains (uphill towards Bilson) claimed to have run short on steam and regularly abandoned their trains on the unofficial foot crossing; conveniently located next to the White Horse Public House.[6]
Services
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Bullo Cross Halt Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Bullo Pill Railway |
Staple Edge Halt Line and station closed |
References
- ISBN 1-874103-36-4.
- ISBN 978-1-84674-163-0.
- ISBN 0-86093-167-6.
- ISBN 0-7153-5369-1.
- ^ "Tramroad remains in the Forest of Dean" (PDF). Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ISBN 1-874103-05-4.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 79-80. OCLC 370350430.