Awre for Blakeney railway station
# Awre for Blakeney railway station

Awre for Blakeney railway station is a closed railway station in Gloucestershire, England, which served both the village of Awre and the town of Blakeney.

## History

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Opened by the South Wales Railway, the station was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway and this in turn was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948. From 1868, it was a junction for the freight-only Forest of Dean Central Railway, and it was sometimes shown in timetables as "Awre Junction". The Forest of Dean line closed in 1949, though it was used as a siding to store wagons for some years afterwards. Awre station was closed to passenger and goods traffic in 1959, though a coal depot remained open until 1961.

## The site today

Trains still pass the site on the Gloucester to Newport Line.

| Preceding station | Historical railways | Historical railways | Historical railways | Following station |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Newnham Line open station closed | | Great Western Railway South Wales Railway | | Lydney |
| Newnham Line open station closed | | Great Western Railway Forest of Dean Central Railway | | Blakeney Line and station closed |
