Longhope railway station

Longhope railway station is a disused stone-built railway station that served the village of Longhope in Gloucestershire, England. Opened in 1855 with the line, it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester. Longhope station was used in season to export locally produced jam and fruit. The station had a passing loop on what was a single track.

Longhope
General information
Location	Longhope, Forest of Dean England
Grid reference	SO690189
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1855	Station opens
2 November 1964	Station closes

Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
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 (SWR)

The station has been demolished but the waiting room still remains.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 54-59. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.

External links

• Longhope on a navigable 1946 O. S. map

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Blaisdon Halt		Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway British Railways		Mitcheldean Road