Abbeys & priories · Mid Wales
Abbeydore railway station
Abbeydore railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Abbeydore railway station is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Abbeydore railway station was a station in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England. It was located on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. The area is known as the Golden Valley.
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Background
History
Opened by the Golden Valley Railway in 1881, the station closed and reopened three times in the next twenty years. It closed for the last time in 1941. Just south before the station, via a level crossing, was the railway access point for the MoD's Elm Bridge Munitions Depot. In 1901, traces of the Roman road which passed from Wroxeter to Abergavenny were found at the station.
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- Coordinates
- 51.9722, -2.8973
- Established
- 1881
Sources
- wikidata: Q4664096 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Abbeydore railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Abbeydore railway station?
- Abbeydore railway station is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.9722°, -2.8973°.
- When was Abbeydore railway station built?
- Abbeydore railway station dates to 1881.