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 Passenger services at Kineton were finally withdrawn on 7th April 1952 whilst goods services at the station lasted until 11th November 1963 with all through services being withdrawn officially in 1966.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 of the first train at Kineton where the train temporarily terminated at Kineton

Ref: smjk86 - Postcard An early 1900s view of a train from Fenny Compton arriving at Kineton station

Ref: smjk86a - Postcard Close up of SMJ 2-4-0T No 5 at the head of the train in the early 1900s

Ref: smjk86b - Postcard Close up showing the 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 - Anon View towards Fenny Compton showing the extended platforms

Ref: smjk26a - Anon Close up of the larger replacement waiting room on the up platform

Ref: smjk26b - Anon Close up of the main station building and waiting room on the up platform

Ref: smjk24 - Anon Looking towards Fenny Compton with the main station building to the right

Ref: smjk24a - Anon Close up of the up platform's waiting room and the pathway from the road

Ref: smjk24b - Anon Close up showing the front elevation of the main station structure located on the down platform

Ref: smjk28 - Anon The main station building seen from the driveway

Ref: smjk29 - Anon Looking across from the cattle dock siding to the signal box

Ref: smjk23 - Anon Looking towards Stratford upon Avon with the goods yard on the left in the distance

Ref: smjk23a - Anon Close up showing the goods shed and coal yard that was situated behind the down platform

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

Ref: smjk23c - Anon Close up of the up platform's waiting room which replaced an earlier structure

Ref: smjk25 - Anon View along tracks looking to Fenny Compton with the platforms removed to assist in track renewal

Ref: smjk25a - Anon Close up showing the signal box which lasted in service until 22nd August 1966

Ref: smjk25b - Anon Close up showing the cut back down platform and the now derelict main station structure

Ref: smjk27 - Anon Looking towards Stratford upon Avon with platforms cut back and the station in disrepair

Ref: smjk27a - Anon Close up showing the derelict main station building which stood on the down platform

Ref: smjk27b - Anon Close up showing the trackwork adjacent to the goods yard and signal box