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The track leads to the site of Awre station, officially known as "Awre for Blakeney Station". It was opened in 1851 by the South Wales Railway, and from 1868 was a junction station for the freight-only Forest of Dean Central Railway: it sometimes appeared in timetables as Awre Junction. It ceased to be a junction station following closure of the remaining stub of the FoDCR in 1949, although the closed line was used for some years as a wagon storage siding. The station closed in 1959. Nothing remains of the station today, although the sign on the gate reads "Station House".