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The Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway (MR&FoDJR) was a railway which ran for from the former Mitcheldean Road railway station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway to a junction at Whimsey near Cinderford. On 6 August 1880 the company was acquired by the Great Western Railway〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_gwr_comp1.htm )〕 which completed the line but never opened it to traffic. The line was later lifted beyond Drybook, although a small section between Drybrook Halt and Drybrook Quarry was relaid in 1928. was the northern terminus of a GWR railmotor service from which ran from 1907 to 1930. The line was closed again in 1952.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.leabaileylightrailway.co.uk/mrfodjr.htm )〕 A short section of the trackbed at the northern end is used by the narrow gauge Lea Bailey Light Railway. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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