Vowchurch railway station

Vowchurch railway station was a railway station on the Golden Valley Railway line between Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye. It served the village of Vowchurch in Herefordshire, England, from 1881. The station closed and re-opened three times before the line's closure to passenger services in 1941.

Vowchurch
Location	Vowchurch, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	52.0216°N 2.9331°W
Grid reference	SO359363
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Golden Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1881	Opened
22 October 1883	Closed
17 November 1883	Reopened
2 July 1885	Closed
19 August 1885	Reopened
20 April 1898	Closed
1 May 1901	Reopened
15 December 1941	Closed

The station comprised a single platform adjacent to the road and level crossing. To the west there was a goods yard which was particularly used for shipping timber. Construction materials for RAF Madley were brought through the yard during World War II.[1][2] Goods services continued on the line until 1949.

References

1. Satellite photos of the station site at Ewyas Lacy Study Group website
2. The rise and fall of the Golden Valley Railway at Ewyas Lacy Study Group website

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 70-72. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Peterchurch Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Golden Valley Railway		Bacton Line and station closed

Golden Valley Railway
Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway Hay-on-Wye Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway Clifford Greens Siding Westbrook Dorstone Peterchurch Vowchurch Bacton Abbeydore Elm Bridge Munitions Depot Welsh Marches line to Hereford Pontrilas Welsh Marches line