Speech House Road | |
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General information | |
Location | Cannop, Forest of Dean England |
Coordinates | 51°48′07″N 2°33′59″W / 51.8020°N 2.5665°W |
Grid reference | SO610116 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Severn and Wye Railway |
Pre-grouping | Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway |
Post-grouping | Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway |
Key dates | |
23 September 1875 | Opened |
8 July 1929 | Closed to passengers |
12 August 1963 | Closed to freight |
Speech House Road railway station is a disused railway station opened by the former Severn and Wye Railway in 1875, it remained open for 88 years until the line, north of Parkend, closed to freight in 1963. Passenger trains on the Severn and Wye Railway, north of Lydney, were withdrawn from 1929.[1]