Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway

It was opened on 1 June 1855 as a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge line, it was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1862.

[1] On 1 June 1851 Parliament passed the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict.

Passenger services were finally withdrawn on and from 2 November 1964 due to the Beeching Axe, the line between Hereford railway station and Ross-on-Wye railway station was closed completely but the line south of Ross-on-Wye remained open until 1 November 1965 for freight only.

[1][7] The line consisted of two distinct parts, one south of Ross-on-Wye which went through the Forest of Dean and the other northern section along the River Wye.

[8] There were eight main stations, Grange Court, Longhope, Mitcheldean Road, Ross-on-Wye, Fawley, Ballingham, Holme Lacy and Hereford.

Though Grange Court Station was closed with the rest of the line in 1964, the tracks leading onto the Gloucester to Newport Line still remain.
TransBus Trident ALX400 on service 32 to Gloucester at Five Ways, Ross-on-Wye adjacent to the bridge abutment which carried the railway through the town.