Kerne Bridge railway station

Kerne Bridge railway station is a disused railway station on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed in the Herefordshire hamlet of Kerne Bridge which also served the village of Goodrich across the River Wye.

Kerne Bridge
General information
Location	Kerne Bridge, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	51.8690°N 2.6101°W / 51.8690; -2.6101
Grid reference	SO580190
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

History

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Kerne Bridge

v t e Ross and Monmouth Railway
Legend
mi-ch Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway 0-00 Ross-on-Wye Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway 3-12 Walford Halt 4-10 Kerne Bridge River Wye Lydbrook tunnel River Wye Severn and Wye Railway 5-40 Lydbrook Junction Symonds Yat tunnel 7-50 Symonds Yat Herts, England Mon, Wales border 10-59 Hadnock Halt 12-31 Monmouth Mayhill Wye Valley Railway and Coleford Railway River Wye 13-10 Monmouth Troy Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway

The station was opened in August 1873 and was located next to the single-span road bridge on the left bank of the river. It was closed in 1959 when the line was closed to passengers but the track remained used until 1965. After many years as an outdoor activity centre, the building is now a private house. It was located approximately 4 miles and 10 chains along the railway from Ross-on-Wye station.^[1]

Layout

The station consisted of a loop and goods siding, two platforms and a stone station building. This building was similar to the stations on the Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway as both lines were constructed by the same engineer, Edward Richards.^[1] The name-board on the platform read 'Kerne Bridge' for Goodrich Castle in an attempt to attract more passengers. The second platform and run-round loop was changed into a siding in 1901. The siding on the old platform had a GWR camp coach from 1935 to 1939.^[2][3] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1952 and from 1955 to 1958.^[4] Timber was one of the most important goods at the station, but the station also had facilities for coal and livestock transport. There was a staff of three in the early 20th century, but as traffic eventually declined the number of staff fell.^[1]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Lydbrook Junction		Ross and Monmouth Railway British Railways		Walford Halt

References

1. Stanley C Jenkins, The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line, revised second edition 2009, ISBN 978-0-85361-692-4
2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 31. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
3. Fenton, Mike (1999). Camp Coach Holidays on the G.W.R. Wild Swan. pp. 86–87. ISBN 1-874103-53-4.
4. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 95. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 111-115. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.

External links

• Station on 1952 OS Map