Opened in 1873, it consisted of two platforms and a timber station building on the down platform, it closed in 1959 with the closure of the line.[1] The railways were at first used as a quick means of bringing the boats back from Chepstow.[2]
A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1953 to 1958; an early form of self-catering accommodation which used converted redundant railway carriages for occupation by holidaymakers who could arrive and depart by train.[3] Today the station site has long been levelled but the foundations of the station building and platforms remain and the area now forms a car parking area for a local hotel inn.
Station site todayedit
Symonds Yat station site, now buried under a car park
^McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past. Vol. 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 95. ISBN1-870119-53-3.
symonds, railway, station, disused, railway, station, ross, monmouth, railway, constructed, banks, river, symonds, east, symonds, yatsymonds, tunnel, with, train, emerging, 1895general, informationlocationsymonds, herefordshireenglandcoordinates51, 8384, 6387,. Symonds Yat railway station is a disused railway station on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed on the banks of the River Wye in Symonds Yat East Symonds YatSymonds Yat Tunnel with train emerging 1895General informationLocationSymonds Yat HerefordshireEnglandCoordinates51 50 18 N 2 38 19 W 51 8384 N 2 6387 W 51 8384 2 6387Grid referenceSO561157Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryPre groupingRoss and Monmouth RailwayPost groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates4 August 1873Opened5 January 1959Closed Contents 1 History 2 Station site today 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Symond s Yat vteRoss and MonmouthRailway Legend mi ch nbsp Hereford Ross andGloucester Railway nbsp 0 0 0 Ross on Wye nbsp nbsp nbsp Hereford Ross andGloucester Railway nbsp 3 12 Walford Halt nbsp 4 10 Kerne Bridge nbsp nbsp nbsp River Wye nbsp nbsp Lydbrook tunnel nbsp nbsp nbsp River Wye nbsp nbsp nbsp Severn and Wye Railway nbsp nbsp 5 40 Lydbrook Junction nbsp nbsp Symonds Yat tunnel nbsp nbsp 7 50 Symonds Yat nbsp nbsp Herts EnglandMon Wales border nbsp nbsp 10 59 Hadnock Halt nbsp nbsp 12 31 Monmouth Mayhill nbsp nbsp nbsp Wye Valley Railwayand Coleford Railway nbsp nbsp nbsp River Wye nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 10 Monmouth Troy nbsp Coleford Monmouth Uskand Pontypool Railway Opened in 1873 it consisted of two platforms and a timber station building on the down platform it closed in 1959 with the closure of the line 1 The railways were at first used as a quick means of bringing the boats back from Chepstow 2 A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1953 to 1958 an early form of self catering accommodation which used converted redundant railway carriages for occupation by holidaymakers who could arrive and depart by train 3 Today the station site has long been levelled but the foundations of the station building and platforms remain and the area now forms a car parking area for a local hotel inn Station site today edit nbsp Symonds Yat station site now buried under a car park Preceding station Disused railways Following station Hadnock Halt Ross and Monmouth RailwayBritish Railways Lydbrook JunctionReferences edit Handley Brian M Dingwall Rod 1982 The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch ISBN 978 0 85361 530 9 Kissack Keith E 1975 Monmouth The Making of a County Town London Phillimore amp Co p 255 ISBN 978 0 85033 209 4 McRae Andrew 1998 British Railways Camping Coach Holidays A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s Scenes from the Past Vol 30 Part Two Foxline p 95 ISBN 1 870119 53 3 External links editStation on 1952 OS Map http www oldukphotos com graphics England 20Photos Herefordshire 20Symonds 20Yat 20Rail 20Station 201910 27s jpg Photograph of the station circa 1910 Photograph of the station site today nbsp This article about a Herefordshire building or structure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on a railway station in the West Midlands region is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Symonds Yat railway station amp oldid 1097539903, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
