Westbury-on-Severn Halt railway station served the village of Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England, from 1928 to 1959 on the South Wales Railway.
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The station has been demolished.
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Flaxley is a small settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blaisdon, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It is located in between the larger villages of Westbury-on-Severn and Mitcheldean. In 1931 the parish had a population of 87.
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History
The station was opened on 9 July 1928 by the Great Western Railway. It closed on 10 August 1959.
References
Parkhouse, Neil (2013a). "9. Chepstow to Grange Court Junction". West Gloucester & Wye Valley Lines. British Railway History In Colour. Vol. 1. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. p. 276. ISBN 9781899889 76 1.