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Fenny Compton West railway station opened next to it in 1871 with trains going to and from Byfield to Stratford.
  
Fenny Compton West railway station opened next to it in 1871 with trains going to and from Byfield to Stratford.
   
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The passenger services to Kineton, Ettington and Stratford-upon-Avon (Town) were withdrawn on 7 April 1952, although through traffic and freight services continued to gain access to the Great Western Railway at Fenny Compton until 5 July 1965.
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The passenger services to Kineton, Ettington and Stratford-upon-Avon (Town) were withdrawn on 7 April 1952, although through traffic and freight services continued to gain access to the Great Western Railway at Fenny Compton until 5 July 1965.
   
 
British Railways ended passenger use of Fenny Compton West railway in 1952. closed Fenny Compton station to passenger traffic from 2 November 1964, but the platforms remained and were cleared in the late 1960s. The branch line platform was cut back in the 1970s and became a small freight halt and later the mainline side was partly patched up to be used by carter trains and railway maintenance crews.
  
British Railways ended passenger use of Fenny Compton West railway in 1952. closed Fenny Compton station to passenger traffic from 2 November 1964, but the platforms remained and were cleared in the late 1960s. The branch line platform was cut back in the 1970s and became a small freight halt and later the mainline side was partly patched up to be used by carter trains and railway maintenance crews.
   
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The up platform was removed and several inter-connecting lines were installed leading up to the station to allow through goods traffic, but alas the line was closed as a through route in 1965.
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The up platform was removed and several inter-connecting lines were installed leading up to the station to allow through goods traffic, since LMS had found it a usefull frieght route, but alas the line was closed as a through route in 1965.
   
 
===Life today===
  
===Life today===

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Banbury, Blisworth, Cockley Brake, Fenny Compton, Northampton, Ravenstone Wood,Roade, Stratford on Avon, Towcester, & Woodford & Hinton RJD 2

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in and around Fenny Compton.

Overview

Fenny Compton railway station was a railway station serving Fenny Compton in Warwickshire, England, that was closed during the Beaching Cuts.

History

GWR

Fenny Compton Railway Station opened in 1852 with trains going to and from Banbury to Birmingham. By 1889 it was finally laid to standard gauge.

SMJR\LMS

Fenny Compton West railway station opened next to it in 1871 with trains going to and from Byfield to Stratford.

BR

The passenger services to Kineton, Ettington and Stratford-upon-Avon (Town) were withdrawn on 7 April 1952, although through traffic and freight services continued to gain access to the Great Western Railway at Fenny Compton until 5 July 1965.

British Railways ended passenger use of Fenny Compton West railway in 1952. closed Fenny Compton station to passenger traffic from 2 November 1964, but the platforms remained and were cleared in the late 1960s. The branch line platform was cut back in the 1970s and became a small freight halt and later the mainline side was partly patched up to be used by carter trains and railway maintenance crews.

The up platform was removed and several inter-connecting lines were installed leading up to the station to allow through goods traffic, since LMS had found it a usefull frieght route, but alas the line was closed as a through route in 1965.

Life today

A small section of of the Stratford-upon-Avon line remains as a freight branch line leading to the MoD Kineton Military Railway in southern Warwickshire.

Signal boxes

There have been 4 signal boxes at the sight.

  1. SMJR\GWR= Some time in Victorian times.
  2. LMS\GWR= 1931-1960.
  3. BR= 1960-2010.
  4. Network Rail (a automated relay unit) 2010 to date.

Also see

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Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny_Compton_railway_station?oldformat=true
  2. https://www.rome2rio.com/s/London-Paddington-Station/Fenny-Compton
  3. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fenny-Compton-railway-station/143422489005394
  4. https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0xfwQxZte4Ay71XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyZ3VuZ2w0BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjM5MTBfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=Fenny+Compton+Railway+Station&fr=dss_yset_chr
  5. http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/misc/kineton131.htm
  6. http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/fennycompton.htm
  7. http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/fennycompton.htm
  8. http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#441,252,1
  9. http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/fennycompton.htm
  10. http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#441,252,1
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny_Compton_West_railway_station
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