| Kington and Eardisley Railway | |
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| Overview | |
| Status | closed |
| Owner | Kington and Eardisley Railway until Great Western Railway buy out in 1897 |
| Locale | Herefordshire |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 8 |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| Operator(s) | Great Western Railway |
| History | |
| Opened | 3 August 1874 to Eardisley, 25 September 1875 to New Radnor |
| Closed | 1 July 1940 to Eardisley, 31 December 1951 to New Radnor, 1958 remainder of line |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 13 miles (21 km) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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The Kington and Eardisley Railway took over the Kington Tramway, which served the Welsh Marches border town of Kington, Herefordshire. In 1874 it opened a 6 miles 72 chains (11.1 km) line south from Titley Junction to a junction with the Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway, 5 chains (330 ft; 100 m) east of Eardisley. A year later it replaced the remainder of the tramway with a branch west to New Radnor. Between these two branches it had running powers on the Titley Junction to Kington section of the Leominster and Kington Railway. The Eardisley branch closed in 1940, the New Radnor branch in 1951.