Walford Halt railway station
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Walford Halt railway station is a disused halt on the Ross and Monmouth Railway
constructed near the Herefordshire
village of Walford
. It also served the surrounding settlements. Nothing remains of the station. It was located approximately 3 miles and 12 chains along the railway from Ross-on-Wye station
.
on 23 February 1931 and consisted of 120ft platform and a small hut on the east side of the line. It was unstaffed and had no freight facilities or sidings.
The staff of Kerne Bridge station
lit the platform lights and cleaned the stop, though it's traffic receipts were counted with Ross-on-Wye's
.
The halt closed on 5 January 1959 when the Ross and Monmouth Railway
was closed to passengers. The track was still used from Ross-on-Wye
to Lydbrook
until 1965 as a private siding to serve a cable works.
Ross and Monmouth Railway
The Ross and Monmouth Railway was a standard gauge railway of which ran between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth....
constructed near the Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
village of Walford
Walford
Walford is a fictional borough of east London in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. The name Walford is both a street in Dalston where one of the series' creators, Tony Holland, lived and a blend of Walthamstow, where Holland was born, and Stratford. The suffix 'ford' is also found throughout East...
. It also served the surrounding settlements. Nothing remains of the station. It was located approximately 3 miles and 12 chains along the railway from Ross-on-Wye station
Ross-on-Wye railway station
Ross-on-Wye railway station is a former junction railway station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway constructed just to the north of the Herefordshire town of Ross-on-Wye...
.
History
It was opened by the Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
on 23 February 1931 and consisted of 120ft platform and a small hut on the east side of the line. It was unstaffed and had no freight facilities or sidings.
The staff of Kerne Bridge station
Kerne Bridge railway station
Kerne Bridge railway station is a disused railway station on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed in the Herefordshire hamlet of Kerne Bridge which also served the village of Goodrich across the River Wye.-History:...
lit the platform lights and cleaned the stop, though it's traffic receipts were counted with Ross-on-Wye's
Ross-on-Wye railway station
Ross-on-Wye railway station is a former junction railway station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway constructed just to the north of the Herefordshire town of Ross-on-Wye...
.
The halt closed on 5 January 1959 when the Ross and Monmouth Railway
Ross and Monmouth Railway
The Ross and Monmouth Railway was a standard gauge railway of which ran between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth....
was closed to passengers. The track was still used from Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye is a small market town with a population of 10,089 in southeastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean.-History:...
to Lydbrook
Lydbrook
Lydbrook is a civil parish in the Forest of Dean, a local government district in the English county of Gloucestershire. It comprises the districts of Lower Lydbrook, Upper Lydbrook, and Joys Green.-Introduction:...
until 1965 as a private siding to serve a cable works.