Kington railway station

Former railway station in Herefordshire, England

52°12′26″N 3°01′10″W / 52.2072°N 3.0195°W / 52.2072; -3.0195Grid referenceSO304570Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyKington and Eardisley RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates20 August 1857first station opened1875Resited [1]7 February 1955Closed to passengers[2]1964Closed completely[1]

Kington railway station was a station in Kington, Herefordshire, England. Replacing an earlier terminus station which had been opened in 1857,[3] the station was opened in 1875 and closed in 1964.[1] The final passenger service had been on 5 February 1955, and passenger services were withdrawn two days later.[4][5]

The 1857 station building can still be seen on what is now the Hatton Gardens Industrial Estate.

A model of the station, as it appeared in the mid-1940s, may be viewed at the nearby Kington Museum.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kington Station". Historic England. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench second edition page 81
  3. ^ "Kington Old Station". Historic England. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. ^ Jenkins & Loader 2015
  5. ^ Simpson 1997, p. 117
  6. ^ "Kington's Railway". Kington Museum. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

Sources

  • Simpson, Helen J. (1997). The Day the Trains Came: The Herefordshire Railways. Gracewing. ISBN 9780852443743. OCLC 60181768.
  • Jenkins, Stanley C.; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway Volume Four North & West Route. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445641294. OCLC 919487202.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kington railway station.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Ludlow to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 84-96. ISBN 9781906008147. OCLC 258060509.
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Line and station closed 		  Great Western Railway
Kington and Eardisley Railway 		  Titley Junction
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