Ruspidge Halt, Forest of Dean
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Ruspidge Halt, Forest of Dean
Image: © Ralph Rawlinson Taken: 19 May 2002
The halt closed in 1958 and the area was subsequently cleared but a short stone-built platform with a new nameboard, semaphore signal and 4-wheeled Berry Wiggins tank wagon now occupies the site. Bitumen traffic to Berry Wiggins at Whimsey kept the line open until 1967.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.811379
Longitude
-2.509378