Fenny Compton West railway station

Fenny Compton West
Location
Place	Fenny Compton
Area	District of Stratford-on-Avon
Operations
Original company	East and West Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	SuA&MJR
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1871	Station opens
1 August 1877	Station closes
22 February 1885	Station reopens
7 April 1952	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Fenny Compton West railway station was a railway station serving Fenny Compton in the English county of Warwickshire.

It was opened by East and West Junction Railway between Stratford upon Avon and Towcester. The first section of the line to open was the Fenny Compton to Kineton section on 1 June 1871 followed by the Kineton to Stratford upon Avon section on 1 July 1873.

There were two platforms to serve the passing loop on the otherwise single line. It was built side by side with the GWR's Fenny Compton station on the Birmingham & Oxford Junction Railway which had opened in 1852. The up platform was directly next to the GWR down, but because the latter's goods yard was in between, the E&W one tapered down to less than 3 feet instead of the required six - something which the Board of Trade inspector ordered should be rectified but which was never done.

In fact the Board of Trade had been extremely critical of the impecunious line. On the first visit of its inspector for, it had commented on deficient ballast, missing fish bolts, incomplete points interlocking, as well as poor fencing and lack of station facilities, such as name boards and clocks

The line became part of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway in a merger of 1908 and at grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

The LMS found it a useful link between its Bristol and London routes in competition with GWR goods traffic to the Capital.

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