Dean Forest Railway

The Severn & Wye’s line into the Forest of Dean, rebuilt by volunteers: passenger trains since 1991, down to Lydney Junction in 1995 and up through the woods to Parkend.

The Severn and Wye Railway once ran from Lydney up into the Forest of Dean as far as Cinderford. The society that runs its southern end today began steam operations in 1971, bought the trackbed from British Rail in 1986, reached Lydney Junction in 1995 and Parkend in 2005. Trains start beside the main line at Lydney Junction, pass Lydney Town and the railway’s base at Norchard and climb through Whitecroft to Parkend; an extension towards Speech House Road and Cinderford is planned.

Stations

1. 0 kmLydney
2. 1 kmLydney Town
3. 3 kmNorchard
4. 5 kmWhitecroft
5. 7 kmParkend

The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.

Along the way

• Lydney Junction
• Lydney Town
• Norchard and its railway museum
• Whitecroft
• Parkend

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 164301: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Dean Forest Railway?

The Dean Forest Railway runs 7 km from Lydney Junction to Parkend.

How long does the Dean Forest Railway take?

Over the 7 km, the fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 30 min (round trip). The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.

Who runs the Dean Forest Railway?

Dean Forest Railway, with heritage steam & diesel.

How old is the Dean Forest Railway?

The line has been in service since 1991. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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