Wyesham Halt railway station

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Wyesham Halt was a small, request-stop station on the Wye Valley Railway, serving the village of Wyesham, just across the River Wye from Monmouth in Monmouthshire, Wales. It opened on 12 January 1931 and closed in January 1959 when passenger services on the line ended. Freight traffic on the line continued until 1964, but not at Wyesham Halt.

Location and appearance:
The halt stood just east of the Monmouth Viaduct, on an embankment between the River Wye and the 1829 Monmouth to Chepstow toll road. At the time, the area had only a few houses; Monmouth already had two stations, and May Hill lay on the opposite side of the river, so the need for a station at Wyesham was unclear. Today Wyesham is a residential suburb of Monmouth, and the housing edge follows the old railway route.

Facilities:
Construction was very simple: a wooden platform with two corrugated iron huts. The southbound starter signal was at the end of the platform, controlled from Monmouth Troy.

After closure:
The junction for the Coleford Branch and its passing loop lay just east of the site, but there was no public access. Little of the original site remains—the bridge has been demolished and the platform is now built over, though the embankment to the east of the road can still be traced.

Railway history in the area:
Railways in Wyesham trace back to the Monmouth Tramroad of 1812, a coal plateway that brought coal to Monmouth and the River Wye. The line through Wyesham and its substantial viaduct was built in 1861 by a company that later became part of the Wye Valley Railway. Although there were plans for more links around Monmouth, these did not materialize. The Wye Valley line south of Wyesham opened in the 1870s, after delays, by which time May Hill station had opened, reducing the need for a separate Wyesham stop.