Symonds Yat railway station
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Symonds Yat railway station is a disused railway station on the Ross and Monmouth Railway
constructed on the other side of the River Wye
from the village of Symonds Yat
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Although the station site has been leveled to form a car parking area for a local hotel the foundations of the station building and platforms remain.
Ross and Monmouth Railway
The Ross and Monmouth Railway was a standard gauge railway of which ran between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth....
constructed on the other side of the River Wye
River Wye
The River Wye is the fifth-longest river in the UK and for parts of its length forms part of the border between England and Wales. It is important for nature conservation and recreation.-Description:...
from the village of Symonds Yat
Symonds Yat
Symonds Yat is a village in the Forest of Dean and a popular tourist destination, straddling the River Wye and the borders of the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, it is within a few miles of the Welsh border...
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History
Opened in 1873, it consisted of two platforms and a timber station building on the down platform, it closed in 1959 with the closure of the line.Although the station site has been leveled to form a car parking area for a local hotel the foundations of the station building and platforms remain.
