Holme Lacy railway station

{{Short description|Former railway station in Herefordshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Holme Lacy

| status = Disused

| image = Holme Lacy railway station 1.jpg

| caption = The overgrown platform in 2006.

| borough = Holme Lacy, Herefordshire

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.0168|-2.6518|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SO552356|25|SO552356}}

| platforms = 1

| original = Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway

| pregroup = Great Western Railway

| postgroup = Great Western Railway

| years = 1 June 1855

| events = Station opened

| years1 = 2 November 1964

| events1 = Station closed{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M. E.|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=230|oclc=931112387}}{{cite book|last=Butt|first=R.V.J.|title=The Directory of Railway Stations|year=1995|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd|location=Yeovil|isbn=1-85260-508-1|id=R508|page=122}}

}}

{{Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway|collapse=yes}}

Holme Lacy railway station is a disused railway station that served the village of Holme Lacy in Herefordshire. One of the original two stations between Hereford and Ross, along with Fawley, Holme Lacy opened with the line on 1 June 1855{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M. E.|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=501|oclc=931112387}} it was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Hereford. The platform remains and the station building has been demolished to foundation level.

Image:Holme Lacy Station - geograph.org.uk - 634680.jpg|The rusting railings on the disused platform in 2006.

Image:Holme Lacy railway station 1.jpg|Another view of the platform, again in 2006.

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|title=Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 9-12|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2008|isbn=9781906008307|oclc=370350430}}