Grange Court railway station explained

Grange Court
Status:Disused
Borough:Northwood Green, Forest of Dean
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:4
Original:Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:1 June 1855
Events:Station opens
Years1:2 November 1964
Events1:Station closes

Grange Court railway station was a junction station on the South Wales Railway in Gloucestershire (on the present day Gloucester to Newport Line) where it met the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway.

History

Opened on 1 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway the station was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1862 and then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Despite a local campaign to save the station led by West Gloucestershire MP Charles Loughlin[1] the station was closed after the last train on 31 October 1964.[2]

The station has now been demolished.

Station layout

The station consisted of four platforms, two on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway and the other two on the Gloucester to Newport Line. There was a shelter on each platform and platform one (the up platform on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway) had a stone station building with a cafe and booking office etc. There was a footbridge across the station, signal box, sidings and a small goods yard.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. [The Citizen (Gloucester)|The Citizen]
  2. The Citizen, 31 October 1964
  3. Web site: Grange Court Junction: A visual history . 29 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131126112044/http://www.grangecourtjunction.co.uk/ . 26 November 2013 . dead .