Kineton railway station

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Kineton railway station was a railway station located to the west of Kineton, Warwickshire, England. Opened on 1st June 1871 the station was situated on the East and West Junction Railway's route from Broom to Fenny Compton. The station had two platforms and one track for each platform. Most of the line was single track but there were two there to allow engines and carriages to pass. There were sidings to the goods shed and coal yard. The passenger service was withdrawn on 7th April 1952. The station closed on 11th November 1963 due to the Beeching Axe although through traffic continued to gain access to the Great Western Railway until 5th July 1965.

A short distance to the east, there are military railway sidings serving an ammunition depot. The sidings are also used for rolling stock storage on behalf of British train operators. The area also had an extensive closed rail system used to train military railmen.