page_title: Speech House Road railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Speech House Road railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: Pre Grouping railway junction around Bilson, Cinderford, Coleford, Lydbrook &amp; Lydney
context_page_description: Speech House Road railway station is a disused railway station opened by the former Severn and Wye Railway in 1875, it remained open for 88 years until the line, north of Parkend, closed to freight in 1963. Passenger trains on the Severn and Wye Railway, north of Lydney, were withdrawn from 1929.
context_section_description: The station was built by the Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Berkeley Road, over the Severn Railway Bridge between Sharpness and Lydney, following the route of the River Lyd to Parkend and finally onto Cinderford.
  The station was situated on the south side of the Speech House Road (now the B4226).
  The station consisted of one platform with a small building, a passing loop, a signal box opposite the platform building, next to the road crossing. It also had a small goods yard with a facilities for coal, timber and general freight, the station being home to a wooden derrick crane.
  The Seven and Wye Railway opened the station as a halt in 1875. The facilities were then expanded by 1878. Cannop Colliery closed in 1960, removing most of the freight traffic that passed through the facilities. In 1963 the line was closed north of Coleford Junction.
caption: A 1911 RCH map of railways in the vicinity of Speech House Road.
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