Kington railway station

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in 1875 and closed in 1964.[1] The final passenger service had been on 5 February 1955, and passenger services were withdrawn two days later.[4][5]

Kington
Former railway station, Kington
Location
Place	Kington
Area	Herefordshire
Coordinates	52.2072°N 3.0195°W / 52.2072; -3.0195
Grid reference	SO304570
Operations
Original company	Kington and Eardisley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
History
1875	Opened[1]
7 February 1955	Closed to passengers[2]
1964	Closed completely[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

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

References

1. "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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Jenkins, Stanley C.; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway Volume Four North & West Route. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445641294. OCLC 919487202.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Ludlow to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 84-96. ISBN 9781906008147. OCLC 258060509.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Stanner Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Kington and Eardisley Railway		Titley Junction Line and station closed