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. It was the terminus of the Ross and Monmouth Railway which joined the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway just south of the station.

Ross-on-Wye railway station
The derelict Ross-on-Wye station in September 1974.
LocationRoss-on-Wye, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates51.9163°N 2.5745°W / 51.9163; -2.5745
Grid referenceSO605243
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1855Opened
2 November 1964closed for passengers
1 November 1965Closed for freight traffic
Ross-on-Wye Station, with Hereford - Gloucester train in 1958
Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
Hereford Barrs Court
Hereford Barton
Rotherwas Junction
ROF Rotherwas
Dinedor tunnel
Holme Lacy
Ballingham tunnel
Ballingham
Fawley Tunnel
Fawley
River Wye
Backney Halt
Ross-on-Wye
Weston under Penyard Halt
Mitcheldean Road
Lea Line tunnel
 Longhope
 Blaisdon Halt
Grange Court
Grange Court Junction

History

The station was opened on 1 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway four years after line had received parliamentary consent to be constructed.

On 29 July 1862 the line was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway and in 1869 the line was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in a five-day period. In 1873 the Ross and Monmouth Railway to Monmouth via Lydbrook was opened and it terminated at the station. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. A line from Ross-on-Wye to Tewkesbury was authorised by parliament in 1856 but was never built.

The lines to Ross closed in stages. On the Ross and Monmouth Railway passenger services were withdrawn and the section from Lydbrook Junction to Monmouth Troy was closed on 5 January 1959. The remaining section remained open until 1 November 1965 for freight traffic only. The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway closed to passengers on 2 November 1964 and the line south to the junction at Grange Court closed on 1 November 1965. The line going north to Rotherwas Junction and Hereford Station closed when passenger service were withdrawn in 1964.[1]

The brick built station building has been demolished and the site redeveloped into an industrial estate.[2] The brick goods and engine sheds still stand.

Ross on Wye station yard.
A Great Western Railway shed now a garden centre.

The Severn Valley Railway station at Kidderminster Town is based on the design for Ross-on-Wye even down to the decorative cast roof crestings; the patterns for which were derived from measurement of segments of the original ones.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Walford Halt   Ross and Monmouth Railway
British Railways		   Terminus
Weston under Penyard Halt   Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
British Railways		   Backney Halt

References
  1. http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/post-medieval/railways/hrfd_ross_glouc.htm
  2. http://www.ross-on-wye.com/index.php?page=ross_540-The_Railway_in_Ross&pg=3

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 26-43. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.
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