Leominster and Kington Railway
The Leominster and Kington Railway was a British railway company based in Herefordshire , England .
The Society was founded on July 10, 1854 on the initiative of William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman . He was then chairman of the board for 22 years. The 21 km long railway line in the broad gauge of 2140 mm between Leominster and Kington was opened on July 28, 1857. Passenger traffic began on August 20, 1857. It was built and operated by railroad contractor Thomas Brassey and cost £ 80,000. After Brassey's operating license had expired, the West Midlands Railway and the Great Western Railway took over the company on July 1, 1862 and operated it together until the two companies merged. On July 31, 1871, the company received the concession to build a branch line from Titley to Presteign . The line was opened on September 10, 1875. From July 23, 1877, the operation was carried out exclusively by the Great Western Railway, in which the Leominster and Kington Railway was on August 2, 1898.
The most important cargo was sheep and cows, which were transported to the local markets.
literature
- Christopher Awdry: Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Stephens, Wellingborough 1990, ISBN 1-85260-049-7 .
- Helen J. Simpson: The day the trains came . The Herefordshire railways. Gracewing Publishing, 1997, ISBN 978-0-85244-374-3 .