The Coleford Railway closed in 1917. The Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway withdrew passenger services in 1955, followed by freight services on 12 October 1957. The Wye Valley Railway and Ross and Monmouth Railway struggled on until 1959, when both railways withdrew passenger services. Freight services on both lines to Monmouth Troy were continued until 5 January 1964 when the station officially closed to rail services. If Monmouth had remained a county town it would have been the first county town in Britain to lose all its railway services.[1]
Monmouth Troy also had a large goods yard; this was constructed at the same time as the station, and outlived it by nine months until October 1964 when its non-rail depot closed.[1]
Tunnel
The short tunnel directly to the west of the station that took the railway beneath Gibraltar Hill was called Monmouth Troy tunnel. It was 140 yards (130 m) long. It is sometimes confused with the A40 road tunnel, named Gibraltar Tunnel, that passes under the same hill.[2]
Monmouth Troy today
During the construction of a building estate which would have destroyed the derelict station building, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway bought it and moved the building stone-by-stone from Monmouth and rebuilt it on the restored railway. Re-construction at Winchcombe on the restored line began in 1987 and was completed in 1999; the station is now known as Winchcombe railway station.[1][3]
Monmouth Troy in November 1958. On the left is 0-4-2T No. 1455 pushing an auto-train from Ross-on-Wye. On the right is 0-6-0PT No. 6439 on a train to Severn Tunnel Junction
The last passenger train leaving the station, 5 January 1959
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