Almeley railway station

Almeley
Almeley station prior to renovation
General information
Location	Almeley, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	52.1587°N 2.9822°W / 52.1587; -2.9822
Grid reference	SO329516
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Kington and Eardisley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
3 August 1874	Station opened
1 January 1917	Station closed
11 December 1922	Station reopened
1 July 1940	Station closed

Almeley railway station was a railway station on the line from Kington to Eardisley in the English county of Herefordshire.

History

Opened on the Kington and Eardisley Railway, operated from the outset by the Great Western Railway, the station closed during the Second World War.

The site today

The station building, which was used for many years as a cattle shed, has been converted into a private residential property, and featured in a 2024 episode of the BBC television series Escape to the Country. The platform still exists as part of the renovated property.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Lyonshall Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Kington and Eardisley Railway		Eardisley Line and station closed

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Kington to Eardisley Line

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. fig. 37. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.