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
Legend
Welsh Marches line (S&HR)
Cotswold Line (OW&WR)
Hereford, Hay & Brecon Rly
 Hereford Barrs Court
Hereford Barton
River Wye
Rotherwas Junction
 ROF Rotherwas
Welsh Marches line NA&HR)
Dinedor tunnel
 Holme Lacy
Ballingham tunnel
 Ballingham
Ballingham Bridge
across the River Wye
Fawley Tunnel
 Fawley
River Wye
 Backney Halt
River Wye
 Ross-on-Wye
Ross and Monmouth Railway
 Weston under Penyard Halt
Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean
Junction Railway
 Mitcheldean Road
Lea Line tunnel
 Longhope
Blaisdon Halt
Gloucester–Newport line (SWR)
 Grange Court
Grange Court Junction
Gloucester–Newport line (G&DFR)

The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway was a railway which ran for 22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) linking Hereford and Gloucester, England, via Ross-on-Wye. It was opened on 1 June 1855 as a 7 ft 1⁄4 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+1⁄2 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.