Credenhill

Credenhill is a now closed station in Herefordshire on the Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway between Hereford Moorlands and Moorhampton. It served a small village and also the former RAF Credenhill (now the headquarters of the SAS!)

Information
Type:	National Rail (Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway)
Opened:	1863
Closed:	1962
Platforms:	1

The railway grew out of an early nineteenth century tramroad with the eventual line connecting Hereford to Three Cocks Junction where it joined the Mid-Wales Railway. Credenhill was an intermediate station on the first section that opened between Hereford and Moorhampton in 1863. The full line was opened the following year.

The line was later amalgamated into the Midland Railway and later the LMS. Although through passenger services did go through to Swansea for a time the line never became a trunk route. Later the station became part of British Railway's Western Region but remained a backwater.

Credenhill was closed in 1962 as passenger services along the line ceased. The line closing for good in 1964.

Credenhill, with Midland Railway style nameboards (KD collection)