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Railway station in England

Whitecroft & Bream
Station on heritage railway

General information
Location	Whitecroft, Forest of Dean England
Coordinates	51°45′10″N 2°33′09″W / 51.75290°N 2.55247°W / 51.75290; -2.55247
Grid reference	SO619062
Managed by	Dean Forest Railway
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Severn and Wye Railway
Key dates
23 September 1875	opened
8 July 1929	closed for passengers
25 May 2012	reopened

Whitecroft & Bream railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway.

History

Dean Forest Railway

Legend

Severn and Wye Railway

Parkend

Whitecroft

Severn and Wye Railway

Mineral Loop

Tufts Bridge

over River Lyd

Severn and Wye Railway

to Princess Royal Colliery

Tufts Junction

Norchard

High Level | Low Level

Middle Forge Junction

Lydney Junction [REDACTED]

for Gloucester–Newport line

Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean

Mitcheldean Road

Ross and
Monmouth Railway

Drybrook Halt

Lydbrook Junction

Nailbridge Halt

Steam Mills

Crossing Halt

Lower Lydbrook

Churchway Colliery

Upper Lydbrook

Whimsey Halt

Mineral Loop

Drybrook Road

Coleford Railway

Serridge Platform

Cinderford New

Wimberry Quarry

Whitecliff Quarry

Bicslade Tramroad

Coleford (CR)

Coleford (S&WR)

Gloucester–
Newport line

Forest of Dean
Central Railway

Whitecroft

Awre for Blakeney

Tufts Junction

Mineral Loop

Norchard

River Severn

Middle Forge Jcn

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–
Newport line

River Severn

The station originally opened on 23 September 1875, and closed on 8 July 1929. It was re-opened to passengers on 25 May 2012 after a construction period of around 18 months.

Much of the funding for the restoration programme came from a Rural Development grant, administered by the Forest of Dean Local Action Group in Coleford. The programme of work involved the construction of a four-coach platform on the Pillowell (up) side of the line, with the new station building be constructed in traditional Severn and Wye style.

Future developments in Whitecroft will include doubling the track through the station, the construction of the second (down) platform on the Bream side of the line and the addition of a goods shed.

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways	Following station
Lydney Town Station restored		Severn and Wye Railway (Later MR and GWR)	Parkend Station restored
	Heritage railways
Norchard		Dean Forest Railway	Parkend

References

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 248. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
"Restored Whitecroft Railway Station officially opened". BBC News Gloucestershire. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
"Whitecroft Station". Forest of Dean Local Action Group. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
"Station reopens after £100,000 restoration". This is Gloucestershire. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

Transport in Gloucestershire

Road

Motorways	M4 M5 M32 M48 M49 M50
A-roads	A38 A40 A46 A48 A403 A417 A419 A429 A431 A432 A433 A466 A4032 A4103 A4135 A4136 A4174
Service stations	Gloucester services Michaelwood services Severn View services
Other	B4008 E30 Icknield Street Westgate Street

Airports and heliports

Rail

Main lines	Cotswold Line Cross Country Route Gloucester-Newport line Golden Valley line Henbury Loop line
Closed lines	Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Bicslade Tramroad (Tram) Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Bullo Pill Railway Cheltenham and District Light Railway Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Cirencester branch line Coleford Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Evesham loop line Forest of Dean Central Railway Forest of Dean Railway Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad (Tram) Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Midland and South Western Junction Railway Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Monmouth Railway Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Severn and Wye Railway Severn Bridge Railway Sharpness Branch Line South Wales Railway Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Stratford and Moreton Tramway (Tram) Tetbury branch line Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Wye Valley Railway
Stations	Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Cam and Dursley Cheltenham Spa Gloucester Kemble Lydney Moreton-in-Marsh Pilning Stonehouse Stroud
Closed stations	Adlestrop Andoversford and Dowdeswell Andoversford Junction Awre for Blakeney Badminton Barbers Bridge Berkeley Berkeley Road Bilson Halt Bishops Cleeve Blaisdon Halt Bourton-on-the-Water Bowbridge Crossing Halt Brimscombe Bridge Halt Brimscombe Bullo Cross Halt Cam Cashes Green Halt Chalford Charfield Charlton Kings Charlton Halt Chipping Sodbury Chedworth Halt Cheltenham High Street Halt Cheltenham High Street Cheltenham Leckhampton Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road Cheltenham Spa St. James Chepstow East Chesterton Lane Halt Chipping Campden Churchdown Cinderford New Cirencester Town Cirencester Watermoor Cleeve Downfield Crossing Halt Drybrook Road Dudbridge Dursley Dymock Ebley Crossing Halt Fairford Foss Cross Four Oaks Halt Frocester Gloucester Eastgate Grange Court Greenway Halt Gretton Halt Hallen Halt Ham Mill Halt Haresfield Hayles Abbey Halt Henbury Iron Acton Jackament's Bridge Halt Laverton Halt Lechlade Longhope Lydbrook Junction Malswick Halt Mangotsfield Mickleton Halt Nailsworth Netherhope Halt] New Passage Halt New Passage Pier Newent Newnham North Filton Platform Notgrove Park Leaze Halt Redbrook on Wye Rodmarton Platform Ruspidge Halt Ryeford St Mary's Crossing Halt Severn Bridge Sharpness South Cerney Speech House Road Staple Edge Halt Staple Hill Stonehouse (Bristol Road) Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud (Midland) Tetbury Tetbury Road Tewkesbury Thornbury Tidenham Trouble House Halt Tutshill for Beachley Halt Tytherington Upper Soudley Halt Warmley Weston-sub-Edge Wickwar Whitecroft Willersey Halt Winterbourne Withington Woodchester
Heritage stations	Bitton Cheltenham Racecourse Gotherington Hayles Abbey Halt Heywood Lydney Junction Lydney Norchard Oakiron Oldland Common Parkend Perrygrove Rookwood St Mary's Halt Toddington Whitecroft Winchcombe
Heritage railways	Avon Valley Railway Dean Forest Railway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Lea Bailey Light Railway Perrygrove Railway Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
Proposed	Gloucestershire Parkway

Buses

Stations	Gloucester Transport Hub
Companies	First West of England Newport Bus Stagecoach West

Waterways

Rivers	River Avon, Bristol River Avon, Warwickshire River Boyd Bybrook River River Cam River Chelt River Churn River Coln River Dikler River Evenlode River Eye River Frome, Bristol River Frome, Stroud Hazel Brook River Isbourne Lam Brook River Leach River Leadon Little Avon River Nailsworth Stream Painswick Stream Ruscombe Brook River Severn Siston Brook Slad Brook Stoke Brook River Swilgate Tetbury Avon River Thames River Trym River Windrush River Wye
Canals	Cinderford Canal Coombe Hill Canal Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Hereford and Gloucester Canal Lydney Canal Pidcock's Canal Stroudwater Navigation Thames and Severn Canal
Docks and ports	Gloucester Docks Sharpness

Footpaths

National Trails	Cotswold Way Thames Path
Long-distance footpaths	Celtic Way Geopark Way Gloucestershire Way Heart of England Way Limestone Link Macmillan Way Monarch's Way Oxfordshire Way Sabrina Way Severn Way
Other	Frome Valley Walkway Wysis Way

Cycle paths

Transport in Gloucestershire

Road

Motorways	M4 M5 M32 M48 M49 M50
A-roads	A38 A40 A46 A48 A403 A417 A419 A429 A431 A432 A433 A466 A4032 A4103 A4135 A4136 A4174
Service stations	Gloucester services Michaelwood services Severn View services
Other	B4008 E30 Icknield Street Westgate Street

Airports and heliports

Rail

Main lines	Cotswold Line Cross Country Route Gloucester-Newport line Golden Valley line Henbury Loop line
Closed lines	Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Bicslade Tramroad (Tram) Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Bullo Pill Railway Cheltenham and District Light Railway Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Cirencester branch line Coleford Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Evesham loop line Forest of Dean Central Railway Forest of Dean Railway Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad (Tram) Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Midland and South Western Junction Railway Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Monmouth Railway Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Severn and Wye Railway Severn Bridge Railway Sharpness Branch Line South Wales Railway Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Stratford and Moreton Tramway (Tram) Tetbury branch line Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Wye Valley Railway
Stations	Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Cam and Dursley Cheltenham Spa Gloucester Kemble Lydney Moreton-in-Marsh Pilning Stonehouse Stroud
Closed stations	Adlestrop Andoversford and Dowdeswell Andoversford Junction Awre for Blakeney Badminton Barbers Bridge Berkeley Berkeley Road Bilson Halt Bishops Cleeve Blaisdon Halt Bourton-on-the-Water Bowbridge Crossing Halt Brimscombe Bridge Halt Brimscombe Bullo Cross Halt Cam Cashes Green Halt Chalford Charfield Charlton Kings Charlton Halt Chipping Sodbury Chedworth Halt Cheltenham High Street Halt Cheltenham High Street Cheltenham Leckhampton Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road Cheltenham Spa St. James Chepstow East Chesterton Lane Halt Chipping Campden Churchdown Cinderford New Cirencester Town Cirencester Watermoor Cleeve Downfield Crossing Halt Drybrook Road Dudbridge Dursley Dymock Ebley Crossing Halt Fairford Foss Cross Four Oaks Halt Frocester Gloucester Eastgate Grange Court Greenway Halt Gretton Halt Hallen Halt Ham Mill Halt Haresfield Hayles Abbey Halt Henbury Iron Acton Jackament's Bridge Halt Laverton Halt Lechlade Longhope Lydbrook Junction Malswick Halt Mangotsfield Mickleton Halt Nailsworth Netherhope Halt] New Passage Halt New Passage Pier Newent Newnham North Filton Platform Notgrove Park Leaze Halt Redbrook on Wye Rodmarton Platform Ruspidge Halt Ryeford St Mary's Crossing Halt Severn Bridge Sharpness South Cerney Speech House Road Staple Edge Halt Staple Hill Stonehouse (Bristol Road) Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud (Midland) Tetbury Tetbury Road Tewkesbury Thornbury Tidenham Trouble House Halt Tutshill for Beachley Halt Tytherington Upper Soudley Halt Warmley Weston-sub-Edge Wickwar Whitecroft Willersey Halt Winterbourne Withington Woodchester
Heritage stations	Bitton Cheltenham Racecourse Gotherington Hayles Abbey Halt Heywood Lydney Junction Lydney Norchard Oakiron Oldland Common Parkend Perrygrove Rookwood St Mary's Halt Toddington Whitecroft Winchcombe
Heritage railways	Avon Valley Railway Dean Forest Railway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Lea Bailey Light Railway Perrygrove Railway Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
Proposed	Gloucestershire Parkway

Buses

Stations	Gloucester Transport Hub
Companies	First West of England Newport Bus Stagecoach West

Waterways

Rivers	River Avon, Bristol River Avon, Warwickshire River Boyd Bybrook River River Cam River Chelt River Churn River Coln River Dikler River Evenlode River Eye River Frome, Bristol River Frome, Stroud Hazel Brook River Isbourne Lam Brook River Leach River Leadon Little Avon River Nailsworth Stream Painswick Stream Ruscombe Brook River Severn Siston Brook Slad Brook Stoke Brook River Swilgate Tetbury Avon River Thames River Trym River Windrush River Wye
Canals	Cinderford Canal Coombe Hill Canal Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Hereford and Gloucester Canal Lydney Canal Pidcock's Canal Stroudwater Navigation Thames and Severn Canal
Docks and ports	Gloucester Docks Sharpness

Footpaths

National Trails	Cotswold Way Thames Path
Long-distance footpaths	Celtic Way Geopark Way Gloucestershire Way Heart of England Way Limestone Link Macmillan Way Monarch's Way Oxfordshire Way Sabrina Way Severn Way
Other	Frome Valley Walkway Wysis Way

Cycle paths

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