GLOUCESTER TO LEDBURY (GWR)

29th March 2006

Known as the Daffodil Line, this attractive route was opened by the GWR in 1885. Most of the line was built on the former Hereford & Gloucester Canal route which was closed in order to build the railway. The canal is under restoration and some of the former railway alignment may one day become a canal again. The line closed in 1964. So far I have concentrated on the Gloucester to Newent section of the line but I will cover the rest of the route as time progresses.
Engineer's Line Reference: LEY

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