Sharpness
General information
Location	Sharpness,Stroud England
Grid reference	SO676028
Platforms	2 (1 from 1931)
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)	First station opened
16 October 1879	Station resited on different line
2 November 1964 (1964-11-02)	Second station closed
Location

Sharpness railway station served the village and docks ofSharpness inGloucestershire,England from 1875 to 1964.

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Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Jn Ry Drybrook Quarry 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 Bilson Halt Speech House Road Ruspidge Halt Bicslade Tramroad Staple Edge Halt Bicslade Wharf Eastern United Colliery Coleford(CR) Upper Soudley Halt Coleford(S&WR) Bullo Cross Halt Gloucester– 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 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

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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
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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)

The station was on theSharpness Branch Line, part of theMidland Railway, which connected theBristol and Gloucester Railway main line atBerkeley Road station with the docks at Sharpness. The Sharpness New Docks & Gloucester & Birmingham Navigation Company started operation at Sharpness in 1874.^[1] The branch line was opened to freight traffic in August 1875 with passenger services starting a year later.^[2]

Sharpness station was originally a terminus for the passenger services and was no more than a temporary platform next to the docks. But in 1879, the Sharpness branch became a through-route with the opening of theSevern Railway Bridge, connecting Sharpness 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.^[3] The new station, built on a curve, had a brick building on the "up" platform (towards Berkeley) and a small shelter on the down platform. Children from Sharpness attending school in Lydney were among the passengers. After 1931, the line was singled.

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, and Sharpness resumed its earlier status as a branch line terminus. Passenger services ceased on the branch in November 1964 and goods facilities were withdrawn in January 1966. The station buildings were demolished. The line to the docks is still open for very occasional freight services.

The Vale of Berkeley Railway Group has campaigned to restore the station and railway.^[4]

On 22 October 2019, Stroud District Council announced a draft plan to build a railway station in Sharpness, to support housebuilding plans.^[5]

51°43′22″N2°28′11″W / 51.7228°N 2.4697°W /51.7228; -2.4697

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