Symonds Yat railway station
Symonds Yat | |
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 Symonds Yat Tunnel with train emerging 1895 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Symonds Yat, Herefordshire England |
| Coordinates | 51°50′18″N 2°38′19″W / 51.8384°N 2.6387°W |
| Grid reference | SO561157 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Ross and Monmouth Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 4 August 1873 | Opened |
| 5 January 1959 | Closed |
Symonds Yat railway station is a disused railway station on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed on the banks of the River Wye in Symonds Yat East.
History[edit]
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Opened in 1873, it consisted of two platforms and a timber station building on the down platform, it closed in 1959 with the closure of the line.[1] The railways were at first used as a quick means of bringing the boats back from Chepstow.[2]
A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1953 to 1958; an early form of self-catering accommodation which used converted redundant railway carriages for occupation by holidaymakers who could arrive and depart by train.[3] Today the station site has long been levelled but the foundations of the station building and platforms remain and the area now forms a car parking area for a local hotel inn.
Station site today[edit]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadnock Halt | Ross and Monmouth Railway British Railways |
Lydbrook Junction |
References[edit]
- ^ Handley, Brian M.; Dingwall, Rod (1982). The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch. ISBN 978-0-85361-530-9.
- ^ Kissack, Keith E. (1975). Monmouth: The Making of a County Town. London: Phillimore & Co. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-85033-209-4.
- ^ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past. Vol. 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 95. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
External links[edit]
- Station on 1952 OS Map
- http://www.oldukphotos.com/graphics/England%20Photos/Herefordshire,%20Symonds%20Yat,%20Rail%20Station%201910%27s.jpg Photograph of the station circa 1910]
- Photograph of the station site today
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