Railways in Hereford

Hereford has seen a history of expansion and decline in its railway history.

Incorporated in 1826. This was a tramroad which linked with other earlier tramroads to form a continuous line between Hereford and Abergavenny. It was bought by the Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford Railway in 1846.

The Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway was incorporated in 1859. It opened between Hereford and Moorhampton to goods traffic on 24 October 1862, to Eardisley for goods and passengers on 30 June 1863 and reached Hay-on-Wye on 11 July 1864.

Initially the company used the short-lived Moorfields Station to the west of the city but later used Barton and then Barrs Court Station. The railway was taken over by the Midland Railway in 1874.

The line closed to passengers on 31 December 1962, and was shut finally in 1964.

Incorporated in 1851. The final section from Hopesbrook to Hereford section opened 1 June 1855. It was a broad gauge track, linking eventually to London Paddington through a 22-mile section from the Grange Court Junction in the Forest of Dean and on the South Wales Railway.

On 29 July 1862 the line was amalgamated with the GWR. In 1869 the line was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in a 5-day period.

As part of the Beeching Axe the Gloucester to Hereford line was closed on 2 November 1964.

Incorporated in 1854, the Leominster and Kington Railway connected Leominster with Kington and Presteigne.

Connecting to the Hay Railway via the Kington and Eardisley Railway at Titley Junction, a proposed plan to develop a cross-Wales line via New Radnor to Aberystwyth was never realised. Taken over by the West Midland Railway, it became a constituent part of the Great Western Railway.

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