Vowchurch railway station

Vowchurch railway station was a railway station on the Golden Valley Railway line between Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye. It served the village of Vowchurch in Herefordshire, England, from 1881. The station closed and re-opened three times before the line's closure to passenger services in 1941.

Vowchurch
LocationVowchurch, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates52.0216°N 2.9331°W / 52.0216; -2.9331
Grid referenceSO359363
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGolden Valley Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1881Opened
22 October 1883Closed
17 November 1883Reopened
2 July 1885Closed
19 August 1885Reopened
20 April 1898Closed
1 May 1901Reopened
15 December 1941Closed

The station comprised a single platform adjacent to the road and level crossing. To the west there was a goods yard which was particularly used for shipping timber. Construction materials for RAF Madley were brought through the yard during World War II.[1][2] Goods services continued on the line until 1949.

References
  1. Satellite photos of the station site at Ewyas Lacy Study Group website
  2. The rise and fall of the Golden Valley Railway at Ewyas Lacy Study Group website

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 70-72. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Peterchurch
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Golden Valley Railway		   Bacton
Line and station closed
Golden Valley Railway
Hay-on-Wye
Clifford
 Greens Siding
 Westbrook
 Dorstone
 Peterchurch
 Vowchurch
 Bacton
 Abbeydore
Pontrilas


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