Severn Bridge station was an intermediate station on the Severn Bridge Railway located close to the north west bank of the River Severn, two miles northeast of Lydney in Gloucestershire. It served the village of Blakeney.

The Severn Bridge Railway linked Lydney Junction station on the north bank of the River Severn with Sharpness Docks on the south bank via the Severn Railway Bridge. The railway joined up with the Sharpness Branch Line at Sharpness; this had been built from Berkeley Road station on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway to the docks in 1875. The opening
of the 1,387 yard bridge in 1879 provided a cross-Severn route for minerals from The Forest of Dean and south Wales coal both to Sharpness docks and to Bristol.

On opening, the company entered a partnership with the Severn and Wye Railway. The Severn and Wye Railway had started life in 1810 as a plateway running from Lydney Docks to coal and iron ore workings in the Forest of Dean. After opening of the South Wales Railway through Lydney, the Severn and Wye Railway laid a broad gauge track alongside its plateway line from Lydney to Wimberry, a distance of about 3 miles. When the South Wales main line was converted to standard gauge, the S&WR branch was converted as well.

The Sharpness branch of the Midland Railway was transferred into the group, the combined network forming the Severn & Wye and Severn Bridge Railway. The Severn Bridge Railway and the former Midland Railway branch formed the 'Bridge' section of the S&WJR; the former Severn and Wye Railway formed the 'Forest' section.

On the north side of the river, the bridge was approached on a series of arches, one of which traversed the Gloucester to Chepstow and Newport main line. Severn Bridge station was on the embankment leading up to these arches, on a section of the line that ran almost parallel with and to the north of the main line as both went into Lydney Junction, about two miles to the south west.

Severn Bridge station had a passing loop and two platforms, there were small shelters on each platforms and a signal box to the west of the station on the north side. There was a short siding with a cattle pen at the east end of the station on the north side, which closed on 4 March 1957. Passengers crossed the line using a boarded barrow crossing at each end of the station. At times, the station was known as Severn Bridge for Blakeney.

The line was never profitable, being dependent on the colliery activity in the Forest of Dean, and the huge construction cost of the bridge meant that there were heavy, and unaffordable, interest charges and the S&W&SBR Company went into receivership.  Blakeney village was two miles from the station with poor roads. The line was purchased by the Midland Railway and the Great Western Railway jointly, and became known as the Severn and Wye Joint Railway. When the Great Western Railway constructed the Badminton line, shortening its route from London to South Wales, a south-to-west connection was made, the Berkeley Road Loop, giving direct access from the south to Sharpness from 1908.
 
In 1956 trials were undertaken on the bridge to see if it would cope with heavier loadings and, as a result, in early 1960 work began on strengthening the bridge. A number of incidents took place at the bridge over the years, with vessels colliding with the piers due to the strong tides. On 25 October 1960 after thick fog descended on the river suddenly two petrol tanker barges hit one of the piers on the bridge, causing two spans to collapse into the river. The two tankers were Arkendale H, loaded with 300 tons of black oil from Swansea bound for Worcester and the Wastdale H, loaded with 350 tons of petroleum spirit from Avonmouth bound for Worcester.  Following the collision, 5 crewmen died. It has been widely recorded that the death toll would have been much higher but for the fact that a working party strengthening the bridge had retired to the station signal box to listen to the radio broadcast of a boxing match between Henry Cooper and Karl Muller. This is not true. There was a boxer called Karel Muller who was active in the 1930s. Henry Cooper fought Karl Mildenberger for the European Heavyweight title in 1968. Mildenberger was disqualified so the match was awarded to Cooper.

All services on the line were suspended while repair work was under consideration when a similar collision occurred the following year. The bridge was now judged to be beyond economic repair and the line officially closed on 2 November 1964. The platform buildings were demolished soon after closure, probably in 1965.

In 1966 two brakvan railtours visited the station. Both tours were called The Severn Boar and were organised by the Railway Enthusiasts club. The first took place on 6th June and was hauled by two pannier tanks 16?? and 1664. Half way through the day the first tank was running hot and 1664 handled the train single-handed from then on. The tour left Gloucester Central at 09.55 and ran via Cinderford, Whimsey, Coleford and Lydney Junction to Severn Bridge station from where it returned to Lydney Junction and Gloucester Central arriving at 19.00. The tour brochure advertised a re-run of the tour on 20 June for those who couldn't be accommodated on the first date.

Work to demolish the Severn Bridge started in 1967 and was completed in 1970. The derelict station remained intact for some years and the waiting sheds were demolished c.1963 but the signal box remained intact, boarded up under the ownership of a local farmer. Some years later, the farmer sold the box for £200. The box was dismantled and re-erected in the new owners garden where it has now been restored as an office. The heavily overgrown and degraded platforms can still be seen today.

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