Staple Edge Halt railway station

Staple Edge Halt railway station is a disused railway station opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on the former Bullo Pill Railway, later known as the GWR Forest of Dean Branch.

Staple Edge Halt
General information
Location	Ruspidge, Forest of Dean England
Coordinates	51.8014°N 2.5102°W / 51.8014; -2.5102
Grid reference	SO649114
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
3 August 1907 (1907-08-03)	Station opened
3 November 1958 (1958-11-03)	Station closed

History

A 1911 RCH map of railways in the vicinity of Staple Edge Halt.

v t e Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean
Railways legend Waterways legend
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Jn Ry Drybrook Quarry Ross and Monmouth Railway Drybrook Halt Lydbrook Junction Nailbridge Halt Steam Mills Crossing Halt Lower Lydbrook Churchway Colliery Upper Lydbrook Whimsey Halt Mineral Loop Drybrook Road Coleford Railway Serridge Platform Cinderford New Wimberry Quarry Whitecliff Quarry Bilson Halt Speech House Road Ruspidge Halt Bicslade Tramroad Staple Edge Halt Bicslade Wharf Eastern United Colliery Coleford (CR) Upper Soudley Halt Coleford (S&WR) Bullo Cross Halt Gloucester– Newport line Milkwall Newnham Parkhill Colliery Ruddle Road Halt New Fancy Colliery Howbeach Colliery Parkend Forest of Dean Central Railway Whitecroft Awre for Blakeney Tufts Junction Mineral Loop Norchard River Severn Middle Forge Jcn Lydney Town Severn Railway Bridge Severn Bridge Gloucester and Sharpness Canal St Mary's Halt Sharpness Lydney Junction Sharpness Docks Lydney Sharpness branch line Upper Forge Lydney Harbour Pidcock's Canal Lydney Canal Lower Forge Gloucester– Newport line River Severn

The Halt was located about 3 miles 15 chains from Newnham on a 1 in 71 gradient.^[1]

The station opened when the Passenger services were introduced on 3 August 1907 and served the cottages that were owned by H. Crawshay & Co., the staple edge brickworks and Eastern United Colliery.^[2]

The low platform was constructed from wood. A pagoda style building was provided from the outset.^[3]

A two-lever ground frame gave access to the sidings of Eastern United Colliery until 1912 when a new goods loop was provided on the west side of the single line.^[4]

The points and signals were worked from a new 21 lever signal box, containing a frame of 17 working levers and 4 spare. The new facilities had been installed and were in use by December 1913.^[5]

The frame was later extended to 23 levers in the connection with the installation of the Cast House Sidings on the East side of the single line.^[6]

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Upper Soudley Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bullo Pill Railway		Ruspidge Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Pope, Ian; Karau, Paul (1997). The Forest of Dean Branch - Volume 2. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications Ltd. p. 235. ISBN 1-874103-36-4.
2. Pope, Ian; Karau, Paul (1992). The Forest of Dean Branch - Volume 1. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications Ltd. pp. 132, 133. ISBN 1-874103-05-4.
3. Pope & Karau 1992, p. 166
4. Pope & Karau 1992, p. 136
5. Pope & Karau 1992, p. 140
6. Pope & Karau 1992, pp. 168, 169

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 81-85. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.