Fawley railway station is a disused stone built railway station that served the village of King's Caple in Herefordshire on Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway. The station had two platforms each with its own brick built waiting rooms, and a small goods yard. It was situated just south of Fawley Tunnel. It closed, along with the line, on 2 November 1964.[3][1]

Fawley
Fawley station in September 1974, after closure.
General information
Location	King's Caple, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	51.9650°N 2.6221°W / 51.9650; -2.6221
Grid reference	SO573297
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 June 1855[1][2]	Station opens
2 November 1964	Station closes

v t e Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
Legend
Welsh Marches line (S&HR) Cotswold Line (OW&WR) Hereford, Hay & Brecon Rly Hereford Barrs Court Hereford Barton River Wye Rotherwas Junction ROF Rotherwas Welsh Marches line NA&HR) Dinedor tunnel Holme Lacy Ballingham tunnel Ballingham Ballingham Bridge across the River Wye Fawley Tunnel Fawley River Wye Backney Halt River Wye Ross-on-Wye Ross and Monmouth Railway Weston under Penyard Halt Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Mitcheldean Road Lea Line tunnel Longhope Blaisdon Halt Gloucester–Newport line (SWR) Grange Court Grange Court Junction Gloucester–Newport line (SWR)

The station platforms still remain today, although overgrown.[4]

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 17-21. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.

External links

• Fawley on a navigable 1946 O. S. map

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