Whitecroft railway station

Railway station in England

51°45′10″N 2°33′09″W / 51.75290°N 2.55247°W / 51.75290; -2.55247Grid referenceSO619062Managed byDean Forest RailwayPlatforms1HistoryOriginal companySevern and Wye RailwayKey dates23 September 1875opened8 July 1929closed for passengers25 May 2012reopened

Whitecroft & Bream railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway.

History

A 1911 RCH map of railways in the vicinity of Whitecroft
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Legend
Parkend
Whitecroft
Tufts Bridge
over River Lyd
Severn and Wye Railway
to Princess Royal Colliery
Tufts Junction
Norchard
High Level | Low Level
Middle Forge Junction
Lydney Town
St Mary's Halt
Pidcock's Canal
River Lyd
Lydney Junction National Rail
for Gloucester–Newport line
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Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean
Railways legend
Waterways legend
Mitcheldean Road
Drybrook Quarry
Drybrook Halt
Lydbrook Junction
Nailbridge Halt
Steam Mills
Crossing Halt
Lower Lydbrook
Churchway Colliery
Upper Lydbrook
Whimsey Halt
Drybrook Road
Serridge Platform
Cinderford New
Wimberry Quarry
Whitecliff Quarry
Bilson Halt
Speech House
Road
Ruspidge Halt
Staple Edge Halt
Bicslade Wharf
Eastern United
Colliery
Coleford (CR)
Upper Soudley Halt
Coleford (S&WR)
Bullo Cross Halt
Milkwall
Newnham
Parkhill Colliery
Ruddle Road Halt
New Fancy
Colliery
Howbeach Colliery
Parkend
Whitecroft
Awre for Blakeney
Norchard
Lydney Town
Severn Bridge
St Mary's Halt
Sharpness
Lydney Junction
Sharpness Docks
Lydney
Upper Forge
Lydney Harbour
Lower Forge

The station originally opened on 23 September 1875, and closed on 8 July 1929.[1] It was re-opened to passengers on 25 May 2012 after a construction period of around 18 months.[2]

Much of the funding for the restoration programme came from a Rural Development grant, administered by the Forest of Dean Local Action Group in Coleford. The programme of work involved the construction of a four-coach platform on the Pillowell (up) side of the line, with the new station building be constructed in traditional Severn and Wye style.[3]

Future developments in Whitecroft will include doubling the track through the station, the construction of the second (down) platform on the Bream side of the line and the addition of a goods shed.[4]

Services

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Lydney Town
Station restored
  Severn and Wye Railway
(Later MR and GWR)
  Parkend
Station restored
Heritage Railways  Heritage railways
Norchard   Dean Forest Railway   Parkend

See also

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 248. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ^ "Restored Whitecroft Railway Station officially opened". BBC News Gloucestershire. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Whitecroft Station". Forest of Dean Local Action Group. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Station reopens after £100,000 restoration". This is Gloucestershire. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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