Branches from Broadwell led north to the New Found Out coal mine, and south to the Darkhill Ironworks, where it linked with a Severn and Wye Railway branch from Parkend
The Mineral Loop was opened in 1872 and a branch to Coleford from Parkend opened in 1875.
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Freight services on the line lasted much longer than passenger; the Lydbrook arm closed completely in 1956, (the line had been near dormant for several years before), the branch to Coleford and Whitecliff Quarry closed in 1967 and the section to Parkend finally closed in 1976.
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