Elms Bridge Halt Railway Station
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Elms Bridge Halt was a request stop on the former Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway. It was opened on 27 November 1933 to serve the villages near Raglan,
Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...
. It was closed in 1955 following the withdrawal of passenger services on the line. It was located in a small cutting near a small road bridge about from Monmouth Troy. The halt was of earth and cinder construction, typical of the
Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...
.Stanley C Jenkins, ''The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line'', revised second edition 2009,


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* Disused railway stations in Monmouthshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1933 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955 {{Wales-railstation-stub