Tutshill for Beachley Halt railway station

Tutshill for Beachley Halt was a request stop on the South Wales Railway (now known as the Gloucester to Newport Line) and Wye Valley Railway. It was opened on 9 July 1934,[1] and was intended to serve the nearby village of Tutshill. However, though the station was situated a short distance from the junction of the Wye Valley Railway and was still on the main line, the only trains which served the small halt were from the Wye Valley Railway and when the line closed on 5 January 1959, the stop closed with it.[1][2]

Tutshill for Beachley Halt
Location	Tutshill, nr Chepstow, Forest of Dean England
Grid reference	ST544943
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
9 July 1934	Station opened
5 January 1959	Station closed

Wye Valley Railway
Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway Monmouth Troy Ross and Monmouth Railway River Trothy and River Wye Wyesham Halt Wyesham Junction for Coleford Railway Monmouthshire, Wales Gloucestershire, England Redbrook on Wye Penallt Viaduct over River Wye Gloucestershire Monmouthshire Penallt Halt Whitebrook Halt St Briavels Llandogo Halt Brockweir Halt Tintern River Wye Monmouthshire Gloucestershire Tintern tunnel 182 yd 166 m Tintern Wireworks Branch Tintern Quarry Tidenham tunnel 1190 yd 1088 m Netherhope Halt Tidenham Gloucester–Newport line Wye Valley Junction Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East Chepstow Railway Bridge over River Wye Gloucestershire Monmouthshire Chepstow Gloucester–Newport line

South Wales Railway
Cross Country Route to Birmingham to Bristol to docks and GRC&W Works Gloucester Eastgate Gloucester Docks Gloucester (GWR) River Severn Alney Island River Severn Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Oakle Street Grange Court Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Westbury-on-Severn Halt Newnham Ruddle Road Halt Bullo Pill Railway Bullo Pill (Goods only) Awre for Blakeney Forest of Dean Central Railway Gatcombe Severn Bridge Railway to Sharpness Severn Railway Bridge over River Severn Severn Bridge Severn Bridge Tunnel Lydney Lydney Junction Lydney Harbour Branch Dean Forest Railway Tinworks branch Woolaston Wye Valley Railway Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East Chepstow Railway Bridge over River Wye Chepstow Bristol and South Wales Union Railway Portskewett (original location) ("Portskewett Junction" 1863–1886) Portskewett South Wales Main Line via Severn Tunnel Caerwent Training Area Caldicot Severn Tunnel Junction Undy Halt Magor flying junction Bishton Crossing Llanwern station & steelworks Goods line to Uskmouth Welsh Marches line to Abergavenny and Hereford River Usk Newport High Street Brecon and Merthyr Railway to Ebbw Vale Alexandra Dock Brecon and Merthyr Railway to Machen and Merthyr Tydfil Marshfield River Rhymney Roath Rhymney Railway to Caerphilly Cardiff Queen Street Taff Vale Railway to Pontypridd Cardiff Central Bute Street Queen Alexandra Dock P and A Campbell ferry across the River Severn Barry Railway to Barry, Penarth and Vale of Glamorgan Cardiff Canton Locomotive Depot Ninian Park Leckwith Junction Penarth Harbour and Dock Railway to Taffs Well Ely Main Line St Fagans St Fagans Junction Barry Railway to Barry to Tynycaeau Junction Drope Junction Peterston Pontyclun Ely Valley Railway Cowbridge and Aberthaw Railway Llanharan Cardiff and Ogmore Valley Railway Pencoed Barry Railway to Vale of Glamorgan Bridgend Llynvi and Ogmore Railway to Maesteg Llynvi and Ogmore Railway to Tondu Pyle Junction Pyle Llynvi and Ogmore Railway to Porthcawl Port Talbot Railway to Tondu Port Talbot Railway to Tonmawr Junction (Mean) Margam Halt Port Talbot Port Talbot Docks Baglan Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway to Treherbert South Wales Mineral Railway to Tonmawr Briton Ferry Swansea District line Neath Vale of Neath Railway River Neath Skewen Swansea District line to Swansea docks Llansamlet Landore viaduct over River Tawe Landore High Level Swansea High Street Cockett Tunnel Cockett Gowerton North Loughor Loughor Viaduct Trostre Tinplate Works Llanelli Pembrey and Burry Port Lando Platform Kidwelly Flats Halt Kidwelly Ferryside Carmarthen Junction Carmarthen for Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line via Lampeter Sarnau St Clears Whitland West Wales line to Pembroke Dock Whitland and Cardigan Railway Clunderwen Rosebush loop Clarbeston Road Fishguard branch Haverfordwest Wolf's Castle Halt Welsh Hook Halt Mathry Road Rosebush loop Jordanston Halt Fishguard and Goodwick Fishguard Harbour Ferry to Rosslare Europort Johnston Neyland Waterston oil refinery Robeston oil refinery Milford Haven Newton Noyes Hakin Docks

The station was built nearby to the site of Chepstow East Station, temporarily opened between 1851 and 1852.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Chepstow Line and station open		British Railways South Wales Railway		Woolaston Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Chepstow Line and station open		British Railways Wye Valley Railway		Tidenham Line and station closed

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 236
2. "Severn Tunnel Junction to Gloucester". Retrieved 27 October 2009.

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.