Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway

Though Grange Court Station was closed with the rest of the line in 1964, the tracks leading onto the Gloucester to Newport Line still remain.
TransBus Trident ALX400 on service 32 to Gloucester at Five Ways, Ross-on-Wye adjacent to the bridge abutment which carried the railway through the town.
Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
Hereford Barrs Court
Hereford Barton
Rotherwas Junction
ROF Rotherwas
Dinedor tunnel
Holme Lacy
Ballingham tunnel
Ballingham
Fawley Tunnel
Fawley
Backney Halt
Ross-on-Wye
Weston under Penyard Halt
Mitcheldean Road
Lea Line tunnel
Longhope
Blaisdon Halt
Grange Court
Grange Court Junction

The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway was a railway which ran for 22+12 miles (36.2 km) linking Hereford and Gloucester, England, via Ross-on-Wye. It was opened on 1 June 1855 as a 7 ft 14 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge line, it was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1862. In 1869 the railway was converted to 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge.[1] The railway was closed to passengers on 2 November 1964, freight services between Ross-on-Wye railway station and Grange Court railway station continued on until 1 November 1965.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Herefordshire Through Time - Welcome". 2 March 2015.

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