Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway

Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway was a British railway company in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire in England.

The first plans to build a railway line between Hereford and Gloucester began in late 1850. The Company was incorporated on June 5, 1851, a 36 km long railway line in the broad gauge of 2140 mm from Grand Court on the railway line of the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway on Ross -on-Wye to build to Hereford. The Company's financing was carried out by the Great Western Railway. This had acquired the concession through its subsidiary Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway.

The first section between Grange Court and Hope Brook was put into operation on 11 July 1853. The rest of the route followed on 2 June 1855.

On July 29, 1862, the Company was acquired by the Great Western Railway. 1866 was the installation of a third track for the standard gauge. 1869, the route was changed one of the first of the GWR network completely on the standard gauge.

On November 2, 1964, the passenger traffic was stopped in the wake of the " Beeching Axe " said political program on the line. Between Ross-on -Wye and Gloucester line remained up on November 1, 1965 for freight transport in operation.