Sharpness branch line

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					Dean Forest Railway (To Parkend)
					Severn Bridge
					Gloucester–Newport line (From Newport to Gloucester)
					Severn Railway Bridge over River Severn (Dismantled 1970)
					Swing bridge over Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
					Sharpness Old Port

					Sharpness (closed 1964)
					Sharpness Docks
					New Docks Branch
					Sharpness New Port


					Berkeley (closed 1964)
					Cross Country Route (To Gloucester)

					Berkeley Road (closed 1965)
					Berkeley Loop
					Cross Country Route (To Bristol)

The Sharpness branch line is a railway in Gloucestershire, England, built by the Midland Railway (MR) to connect the port of Sharpness to the main Bristol and Gloucester Railway. The line opened for goods traffic in 1875 and to passenger traffic a year later. Passenger services were withdrawn in November 1964, but the line remains open for freight traffic to and from Sharpness Docks.

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