Platform detail at Newent Station
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Platform detail at Newent Station
Image: © John Winder Taken: 25 Mar 2018
The station has been closed since 1959 and the platforms largely buried under brambles. Recently the site has been cleared in connection with the restoration of the Hereford - Gloucester canal which ran here before the railway was built on its course. This brick arch - visible in old pictures of the station and probably used for point rodding or similar - has been exposed to the light of day as a result. Note the badly rusted piece of broad gauge rail "reinforcing" the top of the arch.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.934944
Longitude
-2.409833