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Former railway station in Gloucestershire, England

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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

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

Ross and Monmouth Railway

Weston under Penyard Halt

Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean

Lea Line tunnel

Gloucester–Newport line (SWR)

Grange Court

Grange Court Junction

Gloucester–Newport line (G&DFR)

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.

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

References

"The Longhope Village Website".

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

v t e Closed railway stations in western Gloucestershire
South Wales Railway	Oakle Street Grange Court Westbury-on-Severn Halt Newnham Ruddle Road Halt Bullo Pill Awre for Blakeney Gatcombe (Purton Passage) Woolaston Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East
Ledbury and Gloucester Railway	Barber's Bridge Malswick Halt Newent Four Oaks Halt Dymock Greenway Halt
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway	Hopesbrook Longhope Blaisdon Halt
Ross and Monmouth Railway	Lydbrook Junction
Coleford Railway	Newland Coleford (CR)
Wye Valley Railway	Redbrook on Wye Netherhope Halt Tidenham
GWR Forest of Dean Branch	Bullo Cross Halt Upper Soudley Halt Staple Edge Halt Ruspidge Halt Bilson Halt Whimsey Halt Steam Mills Crossing Halt Nailbridge Halt Drybrook Halt
Severn and Wye Railway	Coleford Junction Platform Milkwall Coleford (S&WR) Speech House Road Serridge Platform Drybrook Road Upper Lydbrook Lower Lydbrook Bilson Road Platform Cinderford Cinderford New
Severn Bridge Railway	Severn Bridge for Blakeney

51°52′05″N 2°27′04″W / 51.8681°N 2.4510°W / 51.8681; -2.4510

Transport in Gloucestershire

Road

Motorways	M4 M5 M32 M48 M49 M50
A-roads	A38 A40 A46 A48 A403 A417 A419 A429 A431 A432 A433 A466 A4032 A4103 A4135 A4136 A4174
Service stations	Gloucester services Michaelwood services Severn View services
Other	B4008 E30 Icknield Street Westgate Street

Airports and heliports

Rail

Main lines	Cotswold Line Cross Country Route Gloucester-Newport line Golden Valley line Henbury Loop line
Closed lines	Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Bicslade Tramroad (Tram) Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Bullo Pill Railway Cheltenham and District Light Railway Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Cirencester branch line Coleford Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Evesham loop line Forest of Dean Central Railway Forest of Dean Railway Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad (Tram) Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Midland and South Western Junction Railway Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Monmouth Railway Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Severn and Wye Railway Severn Bridge Railway Sharpness Branch Line South Wales Railway Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Stratford and Moreton Tramway (Tram) Tetbury branch line Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Wye Valley Railway
Stations	Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Cam and Dursley Cheltenham Spa Gloucester Kemble Lydney Moreton-in-Marsh Pilning Stonehouse Stroud
Closed stations	Adlestrop Andoversford and Dowdeswell Andoversford Junction Awre for Blakeney Badminton Barbers Bridge Berkeley Berkeley Road Bilson Halt Bishops Cleeve Blaisdon Halt Bourton-on-the-Water Bowbridge Crossing Halt Brimscombe Bridge Halt Brimscombe Bullo Cross Halt Cam Cashes Green Halt Chalford Charfield Charlton Kings Charlton Halt Chipping Sodbury Chedworth Halt Cheltenham High Street Halt Cheltenham High Street Cheltenham Leckhampton Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road Cheltenham Spa St. James Chepstow East Chesterton Lane Halt Chipping Campden Churchdown Cinderford New Cirencester Town Cirencester Watermoor Cleeve Downfield Crossing Halt Drybrook Road Dudbridge Dursley Dymock Ebley Crossing Halt Fairford Foss Cross Four Oaks Halt Frocester Gloucester Eastgate Grange Court Greenway Halt Gretton Halt Hallen Halt Ham Mill Halt Haresfield Hayles Abbey Halt Henbury Iron Acton Jackament's Bridge Halt Laverton Halt Lechlade Longhope Lydbrook Junction Malswick Halt Mangotsfield Mickleton Halt Nailsworth Netherhope Halt] New Passage Halt New Passage Pier Newent Newnham North Filton Platform Notgrove Park Leaze Halt Redbrook on Wye Rodmarton Platform Ruspidge Halt Ryeford St Mary's Crossing Halt Severn Bridge Sharpness South Cerney Speech House Road Staple Edge Halt Staple Hill Stonehouse (Bristol Road) Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud (Midland) Tetbury Tetbury Road Tewkesbury Thornbury Tidenham Trouble House Halt Tutshill for Beachley Halt Tytherington Upper Soudley Halt Warmley Weston-sub-Edge Wickwar Whitecroft Willersey Halt Winterbourne Withington Woodchester
Heritage stations	Bitton Cheltenham Racecourse Gotherington Hayles Abbey Halt Heywood Lydney Junction Lydney Norchard Oakiron Oldland Common Parkend Perrygrove Rookwood St Mary's Halt Toddington Whitecroft Winchcombe
Heritage railways	Avon Valley Railway Dean Forest Railway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Lea Bailey Light Railway Perrygrove Railway Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
Proposed	Gloucestershire Parkway

Buses

Stations	Gloucester Transport Hub
Companies	First West of England Newport Bus Stagecoach West

Waterways

Rivers	River Avon, Bristol River Avon, Warwickshire River Boyd Bybrook River River Cam River Chelt River Churn River Coln River Dikler River Evenlode River Eye River Frome, Bristol River Frome, Stroud Hazel Brook River Isbourne Lam Brook River Leach River Leadon Little Avon River Nailsworth Stream Painswick Stream Ruscombe Brook River Severn Siston Brook Slad Brook Stoke Brook River Swilgate Tetbury Avon River Thames River Trym River Windrush River Wye
Canals	Cinderford Canal Coombe Hill Canal Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Hereford and Gloucester Canal Lydney Canal Pidcock's Canal Stroudwater Navigation Thames and Severn Canal
Docks and ports	Gloucester Docks Sharpness

Footpaths

National Trails	Cotswold Way Thames Path
Long-distance footpaths	Celtic Way Geopark Way Gloucestershire Way Heart of England Way Limestone Link Macmillan Way Monarch's Way Oxfordshire Way Sabrina Way Severn Way
Other	Frome Valley Walkway Wysis Way

Cycle paths

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