St Briavels railway station explained

St Briavels
Status:Disused
Borough:Trellech, Monmouthshire
Country:Wales
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Wye Valley Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:1 November 1876
Events:Station opened as Bigsweir
Years2:1 May 1909
Events2:Renamed St Briavels and Llandogo
Years3:9 March 1927
Events3:Renamed St Briavels
Years4:5 January 1959
Events4:Station closed

St Briavels Station was a station along the Wye Valley Railway. It was built in 1876 during the construction of the line on the Monmouthshire side of the River Wye at Bigsweir, and was intended to serve the nearby villages of St Briavels, across the river in the Forest of Dean, and Llandogo, which is further down the Wye Valley. It was closed on 5 January 1959 when the line was closed to passenger services.[1]

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1876 as Bigsweir Station. It was renamed St Briavels and Llandogo in 1909, shortly after the line's amalgamation with the Great Western Railway. It was finally renamed St Briavels Station in 1927 with the opening of Llandogo Halt.The station consisted of a station building, goods shed, signal box, storage shed, sidings, crane and the only level crossing on the Wye Valley line, for the A466 road. The station was closed to passenger and freight services in January 1959. Following closure, the level crossing gates and signal box were removed. The station building and goods shed remain mostly on site.[1] The goods shed, now minus its roof, is now the last surviving shed on the whole line.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982,
  2. Web site: WVR 5.