Sharpness branch line

Passenger through-services were run between Lydney and Berkeley Road, and the through-line's freight capacity contributed to the further development of Sharpness docks.

The Sharpness branch (totalling 4 miles 54 chains (7.5 km)) was transferred from the MR to the joint committee on the same day.

[5] This state of affairs lasted until October 1960, when an accident involving petroleum barges on the river Severn brought down part of the railway bridge.

[7] Freight trains serving the Berkeley and Oldbury nuclear power stations would continue to be operated by Direct Rail Services.

[citation needed] Rolling stock from the Stratford on Avon and Broadway Railway was expected to be used but this plan had been dropped.

[citation needed] In March 2011, site clearance at Sharpness was carried out by members of the Proactive Vision community group, which had obtained a lease of part of the line from Network Rail.