Tidenham railway station

Tidenham Station
Location
Place	Tidenham
Area	Forest of Dean
Operations
Original company	Wye Valley Railway.
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
November 1876	Station opened
January 1959	Station closed to passengers
c. 1990	Last train to Dayhouse Quarry leaves
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Wye Valley Railway
Legend
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway Monmouth Troy Ross and Monmouth Railway River Wye Wyesham Halt Wyesham Junction for Coleford Railway Monmouthshire, Wales Gloucestershire, England Redbrook on Wye Penallt Viaduct over River Wye   Gloucestershire Monmouthshire Penallt Halt Whitebrook Halt St Briavels Llandogo Halt Brockweir Halt Tintern River Wye  Monmouthshire Gloucestershire Tintern tunnel 182 yd  166 m  Tintern Wireworks Branch Tintern Quarry Tidenham tunnel 1190 yd  1088 m  Netherhope Halt Tidenham Gloucester to Newport Line Wye Valley Junction Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East Chepstow Railway Bridge over River Wye   Glos. Mons. Chepstow Gloucester to Newport Line

Tidenham Station was the station for the village of Tidenham on the former Wye Valley Railway. It was opened in 1876 during the construction of the line and closed on 5 January 1959 following the closure of the line to passenger services.^[1] The next station on the line was Netherhope Halt.

History

Tidenham Station was the first station after Wye Valley Junction on the Wye Valley Railway. It was opened in November 1876 as one of the four main stations on the line, the others being Tintern, St. Briavels and Redbrook on Wye. It consisted of a loop, signal box, platform and station building.

Tidenham Station became the first station to close on the line on 1 January 1917, this was a wartime measure to release staff and the station was re-opened on 1 February 1918.

The station closed completely in 1959 due to the withdrawal of passenger services on the line. It was converted into a loading bay for the nearby Dayhouse Quarry and was used until c. 1990. It was the last section to be closed on the Wye Valley Railway.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Tutshill Halt		British Railways Wye Valley Railway		Netherhope Halt

References

1. B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN 0-85361-530-6

Coordinates: 51°39′22″N 2°38′53″W / 51.6561°N 2.6480°W