Abbeydore railway station

Abbeydore railway station was a station in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England. It was located on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. The area is known as the Golden Valley.

Abbeydore
Location of the former station (1994)
Location	Abbey Dore, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	51.9721°N 2.8973°W
Grid reference	SO383308
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Golden Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1881	Station opens
22 October 1883	Station closes
17 November 1883	Station reopens
2 July 1885	Station closes
19 August 1885	Station reopens
20 April 1898	Station closes
1 May 1901	Station reopens
15 December 1941	Station closes

History

Opened by the Golden Valley Railway in 1881, the station closed and reopened three times in the next twenty years. It closed for the last time in 1941.

Just south before the station, via a level crossing, was the railway access point for the MoD's Elm Bridge Munitions Depot.

In 1901, traces of the Roman road which passed from Wroxeter to Abergavenny were found at the station.[1]

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
• Abbeydore station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 61-67. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bacton Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Golden Valley Railway		Pontrilas Line open, station closed