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Former railway station in Herefordshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Symonds Yat railway station is a disused railway station on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed on the banks of the River Wye in Symonds Yat East.
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Symonds Yat | |
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![]() Symonds Yat Tunnel with train emerging 1895 | |
General information | |
Location | Symonds Yat, Herefordshire England |
Coordinates | 51.8384°N 2.6387°W |
Grid reference | SO561157 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Ross and Monmouth Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
4 August 1873 | Opened |
5 January 1959 | Closed |
Opened in 1873, it consisted of two platforms and a timber station building on the down platform, it closed in 1959 with the closure of the line.[1] The railways were at first used as a quick means of bringing the boats back from Chepstow.[2]
A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1953 to 1958; an early form of self-catering accommodation which used converted redundant railway carriages for occupation by holidaymakers who could arrive and depart by train.[3] Today the station site has long been levelled but the foundations of the station building and platforms remain and the area now forms a car parking area for a local hotel inn.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Hadnock Halt | Ross and Monmouth Railway British Railways |
Lydbrook Junction |
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