Sharpness railway station

Sharpness
Location
Place	Sharpness
Area	Stroud
Grid reference	SO676028
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway (GWR & MR joint line)
Post-grouping	S&W&SBR
Platforms	2 (1 from 1931)
History
1 August 1876 (1876-08-01)	First station opened
16 October 1879	Station resited on different line
2 November 1964 (1964-11-02)	Second station closed
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Sharpness railway station served the village of Sharpness in Gloucestershire, England.

History

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Sharpness

Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean
Railways legend Waterways legend
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road Ross and Monmouth Railway Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Lydbrook Junction x20px Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Jn Ry Drybrook Quarry Drybrook Halt Nailbridge Halt Lower Lydbrook Steam Mills Crossing Halt Upper Lydbrook Churchway Colliery Whimsey Halt Mineral Loop Drybrook Road Coleford Railway Serridge Platform Cinderford New Wimberry Quarry Whitecliff Quarry Speech House Road Bilson Halt Bicslade Tramroad Ruspidge Halt Bicslade Wharf Staple Edge Halt Eastern United Colliery Coleford (CR) Upper Soudley Halt Coleford (S&WR) Bullo Cross Halt Gloucester to Newport Line Milkwall Newnham Parkhill Colliery Ruddle Road Halt New Fancy Colliery Howbeach Colliery Parkend Forest of Dean Central Railway Whitecroft Awre for Blakeney Tufts Junction & Mineral Loop Norchard River Severn Middle Forge Junction Lydney Town Severn Railway Bridge Severn Bridge Gloucester and Sharpness Canal St Mary's Halt Sharpness Lydney Junction Sharpness Docks Lydney Sharpness Branch Line Upper Forge Lydney Harbour Pidcock's Canal x20px Lydney Canal Lower Forge Gloucester to Newport Line River Severn

Severn Bridge Railway

Legend For canal icons used below, please refer to waterways legend instead. Dean Forest Railway Severn Bridge Tunnel Lydney Town Severn Bridge St Mary's Halt Lydney Junction Lydney Gloucester to Newport Line(From Newport to Gloucester) Lydney Harbour Branch Pidcock's Canal Forges Lydney Canal Lower Docks Upper Docks Severn Railway Bridge over River Severn(Dismantled 1970) Swing bridge over Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Locks onto River Severn Sharpness Sharpness Docks Locks onto River Severn Old Docks Branch River Severn Cross Country Route(To Gloucester) Berkeley Berkeley Road(Closed 1965) Berkeley Loop Cross Country Route(To Bristol)

Sharpness Branch Line

Legend For canal icons used below, please refer to waterways legend instead. Dean Forest Railway(To Parkend) Severn Bridge Gloucester to Newport Line(From Newport to Gloucester) Severn Railway Bridge over River Severn(Dismantled 1970) Swing bridge over Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Locks onto River Severn Sharpness(Closed 1964) Sharpness Docks New Docks Branch Locks onto River Severn Berkeley(Closed 1964) Cross Country Route(To Gloucester) Berkeley Road(Closed 1965) Berkeley Loop Cross Country Route(To Bristol)

The station was on the Sharpness Branch Line, part of the Midland Railway, which connected the Bristol and Gloucester Railway main line at Berkeley Road station with the docks at Sharpness. The branch line was opened to freight traffic in August 1875 with passenger services starting a year later.

Sharpness station was originally a terminus for the passenger services and was no more than a temporary platform next to the docks. But in 1879, the Sharpness branch became a through-route with the opening of the Severn Railway Bridge, connecting Sharpness with the Forest of Dean side of the Severn Estuary and enabling through services between Berkeley Road and Lydney Town railway station, some of which ran on to Lydbrook. The new station, built on a curve, had a brick building on the "up" platform (towards Berkeley) and a small shelter on the down platform. Children from Sharpness attending school in Lydney were among the passengers. After 1931, the line was singled.

Through-services to Lydney on the line ceased abruptly in October 1960 when the Severn Railway Bridge was damaged beyond economic repair in a shipping accident, and Sharpness resumed its earlier status as a branch line terminus. Passenger services ceased on the branch in November 1964 and goods facilities were withdrawn in January 1966. The station buildings were demolished. The line to the docks is still open for very occasional freight services.

Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Berkeley		Sharpness Branch Line		Terminus
		Severn Bridge Railway		Severn Bridge