Lydney Junction in
Lydney, Gloucestershire is the Southern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway.
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| Lydney Junction station building |
| Information |
| Type: |
Preserved Railway (Dean Forest Railway) |
| Opened: |
1875 (Closed 1964) |
| Re-opened: |
1995 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
The original station, called
Lydney Junction (Severn & Wye), was opened by the Severn & Wye Mineral Railway in 1875 linked by a long footbridge [1] from the GWR station (and still open)
Lydney. The station had services which crossed the Severn via the Severn Railway Bridge, these services stopped in 1960 when the bridge was badly damaged and later closed. The station officially closed in 1964 and was largely demolished.
All that was left of the original station was one of the platforms, this forms the basis of the new Lydney Junction station which was opened in 1995 when the Dean Forest Railway extended Southwards from the nearby
St Mary's Halt. The current station has an island platform and a wooden station building which was originally from
Heysham Port. Next to the station are storage sidings for the railway and a signalbox which protects a road crossing.
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| End of the platform, road crossing and Lydney beyond |
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| Signal box |
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| Storage yard |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Branch Lines Around Lydney (Middleton Press, 2008) Map. VIII
