Sharpness branch line

Sharpness branch line
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Dean Forest Railway
(To Parkend)
Severn Bridge
Gloucester–Newport line
Severn Railway Bridge over River Severn
(Dismantled 1970)
Swing bridge over Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Sharpness Old Port
Sharpness
(closed 1964)
Sharpness Docks
New Docks Branch
Sharpness New Port
Berkeley
(closed 1964)
Cross Country Route
Berkeley Road
(closed 1965)
Berkeley Loop
Cross Country Route
(To Bristol)
The freight-only line to Sharpness

The Sharpness branch line is a railway in Gloucestershire, England, built by the Midland Railway (MR) to connect the port of Sharpness to the main Bristol and Gloucester Railway. The line opened for goods traffic in 1875 and to passenger traffic a year later.[1] Passenger services were withdrawn in November 1964, but the line remains open for freight traffic to and from Sharpness Docks.

  1. ^ Oakley 2003, p. 121