Kington
Former railway station, Kington
General information
Location	Kington, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	52°12′26″N 3°01′10″W / 52.2072°N 3.0195°W / 52.2072; -3.0195
Grid reference	SO304570
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Kington and Eardisley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
20 August 1857	first station opened
1875	Resited [1]
7 February 1955	Closed to passengers[2]
1964	Closed 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in 1875 and closed in 1964.^[1] The final passenger service had been on 5 February 1955, and passenger services were withdrawn two days later.^[4][5]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[edit]

Sources[edit]

• 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[edit]

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