St Briavels railway station

St Briavels
The site of the station in 2017
General information
Location	Trellech, Monmouthshire Wales
Grid reference	SO537049
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wye Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 November 1876	Station opened as Bigsweir
1 May 1909	Renamed St Briavels and Llandogo
9 March 1927	Renamed St Briavels
5 January 1959	Station closed

Wye Valley Railway
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway Monmouth Troy Ross and Monmouth Railway River Trothy and River Wye Wyesham Halt Wyesham Junction Coleford Railway Wales England Redbrook on Wye Penallt Viaduct over River Wye Gloucestershire Monmouthshire Penallt Halt Whitebrook Halt St Briavels Llandogo Halt Brockweir Halt Tintern River Wye Monmouthshire Gloucestershire Tintern tunnel 182 yd 166 m Tintern Wireworks Branch Tintern Quarry Tidenham tunnel 1190 yd 1088 m Netherhope Halt Tidenham Gloucester–Newport line Wye Valley Junction Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East Chepstow Railway Bridge over River Wye Glos. Mon. Chepstow Gloucester–Newport line

St Briavels Station was a station along the Wye Valley Railway. It was built in 1876 during the construction of the line on the Monmouthshire side of the River Wye at Bigsweir, and was intended to serve the nearby villages of St Briavels, across the river in the Forest of Dean, and Llandogo, which is further down the Wye Valley. It was closed on 5 January 1959 when the line was closed to passenger services.

History

The station was opened on 1 November 1876 as Bigsweir Station. It was renamed St Briavels and Llandogo in 1909, shortly after the line's amalgamation with the Great Western Railway. It was finally renamed St Briavels Station in 1927 with the opening of Llandogo Halt. The station consisted of a station building, goods shed, signal box, storage shed, sidings, crane and the only level crossing on the Wye Valley line, for the A466 road. The station was closed to passenger and freight services in January 1959. Following closure, the level crossing gates and signal box were removed. The station building and goods shed remain mostly on site. The goods shed, now minus its roof, is now the last surviving shed on the whole line.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Llandogo Halt		British Railways Wye Valley Railway		Whitebrook Halt

External links

• Information about re-opening the line, it includes photos and information on the railway before closure
• Photos of the line