The station was opened in 1851 by the South Wales Railway. The station later became part of the Great Western Railway. A station adjacent to Lydney, called Lydney Junction, was opened in 1875 by the Midland Railway and connected to Lydney via a very long footbridge that crossed over twelve sidings [1]. This station is now the terminus of the Dean Forest Railway.
Lydney and Lydney Junction were closely linked and shared freight sidings, they were formally merged in 1955 (as Lydney Junction). The original Lydney Junction closed in 1964, the GWR part of the station remained open and was renamed Lydney. Freight services were closed in 1968. The GWR Brunel style platform buildings [2] were lost in 1969.
The station remained open as an unstaffed station with platform shelters. It is nowadays managed by Transport for Wales. Access between the platforms is via the road and level crossing at the Wales end of the platforms.
TfW 150 227 arrives with a Gloucester bound service
View down the platform
Platform shelter
Level crossing
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Branch Lines Around Lydney (Middleton Press, 2008) Map. VIII
[2] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Gloucester to Cardiff (Middleton Press, 2005) Fig. 39
