Opened in 1857, this rural branch line was later extended to New Radnor. At Titley Junction two further branches were added, north west to Presteign and south to Eardisley. Run by the GWR after 1898, the line closed to passengers in 1951 and completely in 1964. In 2005, a one-mile section of track was re-established at Titley and named the Kingfisher line, privately owned and with limited access.
Our recent wanderings between the black and white villages
of Herefordshire by bike brought us to the old station building alongside the
station master’s house at Pembridge. The new occupants of the station master’s
house said that they had found little left to remind them of its railway past,
though a truncated distant signal post with arm and finial still in place in
the garden next to the former level crossing was a more obvious reminder.
At Almeley on the Eardisley branch, we found the former station house was now a secluded private dwelling. The adjacent bridge over the minor road here has long since disappeared, though the stone abutments still stand, now covered in ivy.
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