Lydbrook Junction railway station

Forest of Dean, Italy

Lydbrook Junction railway station is a disused railway station in England opened by the Ross and Monmouth Railway in 1873, it remained open for 91 years until 1964 when the line finally closed to freight, though passenger services ceased in 1959. The station was constructed in the hamlet of Stowfiel

d approximately 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km)} from Lydbrook and its viaduct on the Severn and Wye Railway. It was located approximately 4 miles 34 chains (7.1 km) along the railway from Ross-on-Wye station. In 1874 the Severn and Wye Railway opened a branch from Serridge Junction and Cinderford, passenger services commenced in 1875. All passenger trains along the S&W branch were withdrawn from 1929.

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