Berkeley
Berkeley railway station in 1961
General information
Location	Berkeley, Gloucestershire,Stroud England
Grid reference	SO685003
Platforms	originally 2 later 1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway(GWR &MR joint line)
Post-grouping	S&W&SBR
Key dates
1 August 1876 (1876-08-01)	Opened
2 November 1964	Closed
Location

Berkeley railway station served the town ofBerkeley inGloucestershire,England. The station was on theSharpness Branch Line, part of theMidland Railway (MR), which connected theBristol and Gloucester Railway main line atBerkeley Road station with the docks at Sharpness.

The area to the west, 1911

The area to the east, 1909

Railway Clearing House maps of railways in the vicinity of Berkeley

v t e Severn Bridge Railway
Legend
For canal icons used below, please refer towaterways legend instead. Dean Forest Railway Severn Bridge Tunnel Lydney Town Severn Bridge St Mary's Halt Lydney Junction Lydney Gloucester–Newport line (FromNewport toGloucester) Lydney Harbour Branch Pidcock's Canal Forges Lydney Canal Lower Docks Upper Docks Severn Railway Bridge overRiver Severn (Dismantled 1970) Swing bridge overGloucester and Sharpness Canal Locks ontoRiver Severn Sharpness Sharpness Docks Locks ontoRiver Severn Old Docks Branch River Severn Cross Country Route (ToGloucester) Berkeley Berkeley Road (Closed 1965) Berkeley Loop Cross Country Route (ToBristol)

v t e Sharpness branch line
For canal icons used below, please refer towaterways legend instead.
Legend
Dean Forest Railway (ToParkend) Severn Bridge Gloucester–Newport line (FromNewport toGloucester) Severn Railway Bridge overRiver Severn (Dismantled 1970) Swing bridge overGloucester and Sharpness Canal Sharpness Old Port Sharpness (closed 1964) Sharpness Docks New Docks Branch Sharpness New Port Berkeley (closed 1964) Cross Country Route (ToGloucester) Berkeley Road (closed 1965) Berkeley Loop Cross Country Route (ToBristol)

TheMidland Railway's Gloucester & Berkeley New Docks branch, fromBerkeley Road station to the docks at Sharpness, was authorised in 1872. On the same day, theSevern Bridge Railway was authorised, which would connect the Berkeley branch to theSevern and Wye Railway andGreat Western Railway (GWR) atLydney Junction.^[1] The branch line was opened to freight traffic in August 1875 with passenger services starting a year later.^[2] The station opened for passengers on 1 August 1876.^[3]

Before thebranch line was built,Berkeley had been served byBerkeley Road, which was originally called "Dursley and Berkeley Road" and opened in 1844. It was two miles east of the town. Berkeley station was marginally more convenient: about a mile north of the town.

The Sharpness branch became a through-route from 1879 with the opening of theSevern Railway Bridge, connectingSharpness with theForest of Dean side of theSevern Estuary and enabling through services between Berkeley Road andLydney Town railway station, some of which ran on toLydbrook. Children from Berkeley attending school in Lydney were among the passengers.

Upon the opening of the Severn Bridge on 17 October 1879, the Severn Bridge Railway amalgamated with the Severn & Wye Railway, to form the Severn & Wye & Severn Bridge Railway. This got into financial difficulties in 1883, and on 1 July 1894, was sold jointly to the GWR and MR; the Sharpness branch was transferred to the joint committee at the same time.^[1]

The branch line was double track and the station building, built of brick, was on the down platform. There was a goods shed and a small goods yard just before the station on the line in from Berkeley Road. The line was later singled and the up platform (for trains towards Berkeley Road) was then redundant.

Through-services to Lydney on the line ceased abruptly in October 1960 when the Severn Railway Bridge was damaged beyond economic repair in a shipping accident. The station closed on 2 November 1964,^[3] when passenger services ceased on the Sharpness branch; goods facilities were withdrawn two years later. The station buildings were demolished though the stationmaster's house remains. Agantry crane was installed over a single remaining siding in the former goods yard to allow the loading ofnuclear fuel flasks fromBerkeley nuclear power station which saw regular, if infrequent, use. The power station was decommissioned in 1989 but the siding and crane remain in place. The track through the site remains as the Sharpness docks link is still open for very occasional freight services.

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• circa 1881 Henry James Mabbett^[4]

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