St Mary's Halt railway station

St Mary's Halt
Pannier 9681 rushes through St Marys Halt towards Norchard.
Location
Place	Lydney
Area	Forest of Dean
Coordinates	51°43′12″N 2°31′51″W / 51.72°N 2.5308°WCoordinates: 51°43′12″N 2°31′51″W / 51.72°N 2.5308°W
Grid reference	SO633024
Operations
Original company	Severn and Wye Railway
Operated by	Dean Forest Railway
Platforms	1
History
8 September 1991	Opened
1 January 2014	Closed
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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 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 Lydney Canal Lower Forge Gloucester to Newport Line River Severn

Railway lines in Lydney
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Legend
Dean Forest Railway Severn and Wye Railway Mineral Loop Princess Royal Colliery Tufts Junction Tinworks Tufts Bridge Norchard High Level Norchard Low Level Engine Shed Middle Forge Junction Lydney Town St Mary's Halt Lydney Junction Severn Bridge Tunnel Severn Bridge Lydney Gloucester to Newport Line Lydney Harbour Branch Pidcock's Canal Severn Railway Bridge (Dismantled 1970) Forges Lydney Canal Lower Docks Upper Docks River Severn Swing bridge over Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Locks onto River Severn River Severn Severn Bridge Railway

St. Mary's Halt was a small railway station halt on the Dean Forest Railway. It served the local park and lake, both near the station, and was the original southern terminus of the DFR from 1991 to 1995.

History

The halt was not an original station of the Severn and Wye Railway and was opened by the Dean Forest Railway on 8 September 1991. It was originally called Lydney Lakeside, and was the original southern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway before the reopening of Lydney Junction in 1995. It was later renamed St Mary's Halt - which takes its name from St. Mary's Church, located opposite the platform. The halt was closed to passengers after the 2013 season, and will be removed within the foreseeable future for re-use elsewhere on the line.

The Lakeside Extension, which involved the opening of Lydney Lakeside (now St Mary's Halt) was the first major extension that was undertaken by the Dean Forest Railway. The railway had been previously constrained to the Norchard site. To mark this event City of Truro visited the line, only one of two occasions where this has happened at the Dean Forest Railway (the other in 2010 to mark the 200th anniversary of the Severn and Wye Railway).

This section of the railway still retains some original features; mainly the cast iron lattice bridge which was opened on the 26th September 1892. The footbridge is currently closed as it is deemed unsafe. Passengers and members of the public now have to walk up to the level crossing, cross the road and then onto a footpath.^[1]

Route

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Lydney Junction		Dean Forest Railway		Lydney Town

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