Kineton railway station was a

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that served the village of Kineton,

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History

Opened on 1 June 1871, the station was situated on the

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's route from

Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-we ...

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. Until July 1873, it was the

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and western terminus of the line. When the connection to Stratford was completed, the latter became the headquarters. Business did not meet expectations and, in 1877, the station closed. In attempt to improve matters, an extension to Broom Junction was incorporated in 1873 by means of a railway called the "Evesham Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway" which opened in 1879. As trade picked up, the station was reopened on 22 February 1885.Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) ''An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1'' Oxford Publishing The line became part of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway in a merger of 1908 and at

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in 1923, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. At

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it became part of the

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. The station had two platforms for the

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on the otherwise single line. It was larger than was usual for the line, the

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built station buildings consisting of two pavilions with a central connection, and with quoined door and window openings. There was a

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to the

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and

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yard. This branched off what was, in effect, an extended

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to the down side of the

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, and itself had a runaround loop built into it. This was extended in 1959 when the line was modernised by the Western Region. The up line also had a small

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siding behind the platform with a staff cabin, again connected to the main line by a headshunt. Initially the single line was operated on the "one engine in steam" principle. However, after completion to Stratford,

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working with them was introduced, with electric train staff working after 1894. About four miles to the east, at Burton Dassett, was a connection with the abortive

Edge Hill Light Railway The Edge Hill Light Railway, one of Colonel Stephens' light railways, was in Warwickshire, England. It was designed to carry ironstone from Edge Hill Quarries to Burton Dassett where a junction was made with the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midlan ...

. A typical service, as in 1942, would be two through trains in either direction, with the addition of two to Stratford on Saturdays. The passenger service was withdrawn on 7 April 1952, although through traffic continued to gain access to the

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until 5 July 1965. A short distance to the east, there are

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railway sidings serving an ammunition depot. The sidings are also used for

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storage on behalf of British train operators. The area also had an extensive closed rail system used to train military railmen.

Routes

References

External links

Warwickshire Railways
{{Warwickshire railway stations, disused Disused railway stations in Warwickshire Former Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952