Dingestow railway station

Dingestow Station was a station on the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway. It was built in 1857 during the construction of the line and was located 3 miles and 32 chains from Monmouth Troy. It was intended to serve the nearby village of Dingestow. It was closed in May 1955 due to a drivers' strike.^[1]

Dingestow railway station
Site of the station in 1990
General information
Location	Dingestow, Monmouthshire Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
October 1857	Station opened as Dinastow Station
c 1870	Renamed Dingestow Station
May 1955	Station closed

v t e Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
Legend
Ross & Monmouth Rly Wye Valley Railway and Coleford Railway 0-46 River Wye 0-00- Monmouth Troy Monmouth Troy tunnel River Trothy 3-32 Dingestow 5-56 Elms Bridge Halt 6-34 Raglan 6-43 Raglan Footpath 7-59 Raglan Road Crossing Halt 8-52 Llandenny 9-66 Cefntilla Halt Usk Tunnel 12-04 Usk River Usk 14-28 ROF Glascoed 14-48 Glascoed Halt Welsh Marches line 16-12 Little Mill Junction Pontypool Road Welsh Marches line

Facilities

The station consisted of little more than a station building with a small canopy and single platform. The station master's house was situated at the rear of the station.^[1] The station had a signal box from 1896 until June 1931 when it was taken out of use and replaced with two ground frames. There was also a cattle loading dock.^[1]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Monmouth Troy		Great Western Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway		Elms Bridge Halt

References

1. Stanley C Jenkins, The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line, revised second edition 2009, ISBN 978-0-85361-692-4

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