Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
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 Grange Court Station today.
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| Route length: | 36.2 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 2140 mm, then 1435 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway was a British railway company based in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire in England .
The first plans to build a railway line between Hereford and Gloucester began in late 1850. The company was founded on June 5, 1851 to build a 36-kilometer-long railway line in the broad gauge of 2140 mm from Grand Court on the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway via Ross -on-Wye to Hereford to build. The company was financed by the Great Western Railway . This had acquired the concession through its subsidiary Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway.
The first section between Grange Court and Hopesbrook began operating on July 11, 1853. The rest of the route followed on June 2, 1855.
On July 29, 1862 the company was acquired by the Great Western Railway. In 1866 a third track for the standard gauge was installed . In 1869, the line was completely converted to standard gauge as one of the first in the GWR network.
On November 2, 1964, passenger traffic was discontinued on the line as a result of the political program called " Beeching Ax ". Between Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester, the line remained in operation for freight transport until November 1, 1965.
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .
Web links
- The train in Ross-on-Wye (Engl.)
- Herefordshire Through Time: Miranda Greene: The Hereford, Ross & Gloucester Railway
- Herefordshire Through Time: Monument Detail: Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
- Photos and maps of Grange Court Junction
Individual evidence
- ^ Daily News (London, England), Saturday, December 14, 1850; Issue 1422
- ↑ Miranda Greene: The Hereford, Ross & Gloucester Railway . 2003. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
