Longhope railway station

Longhope
Location
Place	Longhope
Area	Forest of Dean
Grid reference	SO6818
Operations
Original company	Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1855	Station opens
2 November 1964	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
UK Railways portal

Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Legend
Welsh Marches Line (S&HR) Cotswold Line (OW&WR) Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway Hereford Barrs Court Hereford Barton River Wye Rotherwas Junction ROF Rotherwas Welsh Marches Line (NA&HR) Dinedor tunnel Holme Lacy Ballingham tunnel Ballingham River Wye (Ballingham Bridge) Fawley Tunnel Fawley River Wye Backney Halt River Wye Ross-on-Wye Ross and Monmouth Railway Weston under Penyard Halt Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Mitcheldean Road Lea Line tunnel Longhope Blaisdon Halt Gloucester to Newport Line Grange Court Grange Court Junction Gloucester to Newport Line

Longhope railway station is a disused stone built railway station that served the village of Longhope in Gloucestershire. Opened in 1855 with the line it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester. Longhope station was used in season to export locally produced jam and fruit grown locally. The station had a passing loop on what was a single track.

The station has been demolished but the waiting room still remains.

External links

• Longhope on a navigable 1946 O. S. map

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Blaisdon Halt		Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway British Railways		Mitcheldean Road