Monmouth Troy railway station

Monmouth Troy was one of the two former stations at Monmouth. It was built in 1857 by the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway and was used by several other branch lines as the local rail network expanded. The station closed in January 1964 following the closure of the last two lines to the station, the Wye Valley Railway and the Ross and Monmouth Railway.

Monmouth Troy
The former Monmouth Troy station building has been re-erected at Winchcombe railway station on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
LocationMonmouth, Monmouthshire
Wales
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyColeford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway[notes 1]
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway[notes 2]
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
October 1857 (1857-10)Station opened
5 January 1959Closed to passengers
January 1964 (1964-01)Closed to goods
Railways in Monmouth
Monmouth Mayhill
Monmouth Troy
Wyesham Halt
Dingestow
Wye Valley Railway
Monmouth Troy
Wyesham Halt
Wyesham Junction
for Coleford Railway
Monmouthshire, Wales
Gloucestershire, England
Redbrook on Wye
Gloucestershire
Monmouthshire
Penallt Halt
Whitebrook Halt
St Briavels
Llandogo Halt
Brockweir Halt
Tintern
Monmouthshire
Gloucestershire
Tintern tunnel
182 yd
166 m
Tidenham tunnel
1190 yd
1088 m
Netherhope Halt
Tidenham
Wye Valley Junction
Tutshill for Beachley Halt
Chepstow East
Gloucestershire
Monmouthshire
 Chepstow
Coleford, Monmouth,
Usk & Pontypool Railway
Ross and Monmouth Railway
Wye Valley Railway and Coleford Railway
0m 46ch
River Wye
0m 00ch
 Monmouth Troy
Monmouth Troy tunnel
River Trothy
3m 32ch
 Dingestow
5m 56ch
 Elms Bridge Halt
6m 34ch
 Raglan
6m 43ch
 Raglan Footpath
7m 59ch
 Raglan Road Crossing Halt
8m 52ch
 Llandenny
9m 66ch
 Cefntilla Halt
Usk Tunnel
12m 04ch
 Usk
River Usk
14m 28ch
 ROF Glascoed
14m 48ch
 Glascoed Halt
Welsh Marches line
16m 12ch
 Little Mill Junction
 Pontypool Road
Ross and Monmouth Railway
Hereford, Ross and
Gloucester Railway
0m 00ch Ross-on-Wye
Hereford, Ross and
Gloucester Railway
 3m 12ch Walford Halt
 4m 10ch Kerne Bridge
5m 40ch Lydbrook Junction
7m 50ch Symonds Yat
Herefordshire, England
Monmouthshire, Wales
border
10m 59ch Hadnock Halt
12m 31ch Monmouth Mayhill
Wye Valley Railway
and Coleford Railway
13m 10ch Monmouth Troy
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk
and Pontypool Railway

History

Monmouth Troy was built for the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway near to Troy House, and opened on 12 October 1857. It was the larger of the two stations in Monmouth,[1] the other station being Monmouth Mayhill. The Ross & Monmouth Railway found its way to Monmouth Troy in 1874 followed shortly by the Wye Valley Railway in 1876, the Coleford Railway came later in 1883.

The Coleford Railway closed in 1917; The Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway withdrew passenger services in 1955, followed by freight services on 12 October 1957. The Wye Valley Railway and Ross and Monmouth Railway struggled on until 1959 when both railways were served with a closure notice and withdrew passenger services. Freight Services on both lines to Monmouth Troy were continued until January 1964. Monmouth Troy station officially closed to rail services on 5 January 1964. If Monmouth had remained a county town it would have been the first county town in Britain to lose all its railway services.[1]

Goods yard
Main article: Monmouth Troy Goods Yard

Monmouth Troy also had a large goods yard; this was constructed at the same time of the station and outlived it by nine months until October 1964 when its non-rail depot closed.[1]

Tunnel

The short tunnel directly to the west of the station that took the railway beneath Gibraltar Hill was called Monmouth Troy tunnel. It was 140 yards (130 m) long. It is sometimes confused with the A40 road tunnel going under the same hill named Gibraltar Tunnel.[2]

Monmouth Troy today

During the construction of a building estate which would have destroyed the derelict station building, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway bought it and moved the building stone by stone from Monmouth and re-built it on the restored railway. Re-construction at Winchcombe on the restored line began in 1987 and was completed in 1999, the station is now known as Winchcombe railway station.[1][3]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wyesham Halt   Wye Valley Railway
British Railways		   Terminus
Wyesham Halt   Coleford Railway
Great Western Railway		   Terminus
Terminus   Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
British Railways		   Dingestow
Monmouth Mayhill   Ross and Monmouth Railway
British Railways		   Terminus

See also
  • Monmouth Troy in November 1958. On the left is 0-4-2T No. 1455 pushing an auto-train from Ross-on-Wye. On the right is 0-6-0PT No. 6439 on a train to Severn Tunnel Junction
  • The last passenger train leaving the station, 5 January 1959
  • Monmouth Troy station site in 2018

Notes
  1. Also used by the Wye Valley Railway, Ross and Monmouth Railway and Coleford Railway.
  2. All lines except the Ross and Monmouth Railway were acquired by the Great Western Railway before the Railways Act 1921.

References
  1. B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN 0-85361-530-6
  2. Stanley C Jenkins, The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line, revised second edition 2009, ISBN 978-0-85361-692-4
  3. "Chronology". Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

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