Kineton Station

LMS Route: The Shakespeare Route

Kineton Station was opened on 1st June 1871 and for two years was the temporary terminus for the Blisworth - Kineton route. On 1st July 1873 the line to Stratford upon Avon was opened but within a few years the route closed to passenger traffic due to the low volume of traffic. The rural nature of the route without much of a population living along the line was the reason and it wasn't until the extension from Stratford upon Avon to Broom opened that a passenger service returned.

Passenger services were therefore suspended from 31st July 1877 until 22nd March 1885 although the initial service of six daily trains had by 1876 been reduced to two in each direction. The traffic through Kineton had a fillip with the opening of the GCR which offered residents of Stratford upon Avon a shorter and quicker route than via the GWR. Passenger services at Kineton were finally withdrawn on 7th April 1952 whilst goods services at the station lasted until 11th November 1963 with all through services being withdrawn officially in 1966.

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Ref: smjk85 C Maggs The arrival at Kineton of the first ever East West Railway train from Blisworth where the train temporarily terminated

Ref: smjk86 Postcard An early 1900s view of Kineton station as a train from Fenny Compton is seen passing under the road bridge

Ref: smjk86a Postcard Close up showing Kineton station's main station building in its E&WJR colour scheme and condition

Ref: smjk86b Postcard Close up showing Kineton station's main station building in its E&WJR colour scheme and condition

Ref: smjk87 A Jordan SMJ 2-4-0T No 5 on a Woodford & Hinton passenger train with a SMJ horse box and two GCR carriages

Ref: smjk87a A Jordan Close up of activity on the down line behind the train and in the immediate area of the goods yard

Ref: smjk26 Lens of Sutton View looking towards Fenny Compton showing the extended platforms and the signal box on the left

Ref: smjk26a Lens of Sutton Close up showing the larger replacement passenger waiting room provided by the SMJ on the up platform

Ref: smjk26b Lens of Sutton Close up of tKineton station's main passenger building which housed the booking office and waiting rooms

Ref: smjk24 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Fenny Compton and Wellesbourne road bridge with the main station building to the right

Ref: smjk24a Lens of Sutton Close up showing the up platform's waiting room and behind, the pathway from Wellesbourne road bridge

Ref: smjk24b Lens of Sutton Close up of Kineton station's main passenger building which housed the booking office and waiting rooms

Ref: smjk28 Lens of Sutton View of the exterior of Kineton's main station passenger building as seen from the station approach

Ref: smjk29 Lens of Sutton View from the cattle dock siding to Kineton signal box which was built when the two platforms were extended

Ref: smjk23 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Stratford upon Avon with the goods yard on the left in the distance

Ref: smjk23a Lens of Sutton Close up showing the goods shed and coal yard that was situated behind the down platform

Ref: smjk23b Lens of Sutton Close up showing the siding which was resident to the Permanent Way gang's petrol powered trolley

Ref: smjk23c Lens of Sutton Close up showing the up platform's waiting room which replaced an earlier and smaller structure

Ref: Ref: smjk130 Stations UK View of Kineton station looking towards Fenny Compton with vans stabled on the head shunt in the distance

Ref: Ref: smjk132 Postcard View of Kineton station taken from Wellesbourne Road bridge showing Kineton station's large goods yard

Ref: Ref: smjk136 A Vaughan View of Kineton station's goods yard that lay behind the up platform showing a wagon stabled on the siding

Ref: smjk25 Lens of Sutton View along tracks looking to Fenny Compton with the platforms removed to assist in track renewal

Ref: smjk25a Lens of Sutton Close up of Kineton signal box still operational after the station's closure to passengers and goods

Ref: smjk25b Lens of Sutton Close up showing the remains of the cattle dock and the cut back down platform of the derelict station structure

Ref: Ref: smjk127 Lens of Sutton A later view looking towards Stratford on Avon showing the station after closure with the platforms removed

Ref: Ref: smjk138 Lens of Sutton View showing Kineton signal box with its rather unusual extensions to either side of the main structure

Ref: smjk27 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Stratford upon Avon with platforms cut back and the station in disrepair

Ref: smjk27a Lens of Sutton Close up showing Kineton station's abandoned main passenger building which stood on the down platform

Ref: smjk27b Lens of Sutton Close up showing the layout of the trackwork adjacent to Kineton station's goods yard and signal box

Ref: Ref: smjk134 R Hopkins View of Kineton station's derelict goods shed and the former track bed of the SMJ on the right

Ref: Ref: smjk135 R Hopkins A close up view of Kineton station's goods shed showing the arched windows and the platform inside the shed

Ref: Ref: smjk137 A Sparrow View taken from the small goods yard of Kineton station's abandoned main passenger building

Ref: Ref: smjk133 Ordance Survey Ordance Survey map showing the location of the station to the villages of Kineton and Little Kineton