Coleford railway station (Severn and Wye Railway)

Coleford (Severn and Wye Railway)
General information
Location	Coleford, Forest of Dean England
Coordinates	51.791712°N 2.615173°W / 51.791712; -2.615173
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Severn and Wye Railway/Great Western Railway joint
Pre-grouping	S&WR/GWR joint
Post-grouping	S&WR/GWR joint
Key dates
1879 (1879)	Station opened
1924 (1924)	Station closed to passengers

Coleford (Severn and Wye) railway station is one of two former stations that served the town of Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. The station was the northern terminus of the former Severn and Wye Railway.

The station opened in 1879^[1] and was closed in 1924 to passengers due to lack of passenger use. The line remained in use for goods traffic until the line was closed from Whitecliff Quarry to Coleford in 1967.

Traces of the station have vanished under a car park but the trackbed is now a cycle track from Coleford to Parkend. The former Great Western Railway station has also vanished under a car park but the former goods shed now hosts a railway museum dedicated to the former railway lines around Coleford and the wider Forest of Dean.^[2]

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Milkwall		Severn and Wye Railway Later Severn and Wye Joint Railway (MR and GWR)		Terminus

External links

• Kyte, Richard. "Coleford, Severn and Wye/Dean Forest Railway Stations". Railways of the Forest of Dean.
• "Railway memories". Coleford Town.
• Nicholson, Gawain (6 April 2011). "The Coleford Branch". Order of the Bed.

References

1. Kyte, Richard. "Coleford, Severn and Wye/Dean Forest Railway Stations". Railways of the Forest of Dean.
2. "Railway memories". Coleford Town.