Date: 02/05/2018

Kenilworth station has reopened to passengers after decades of campaigning.

The station shut in the 1960s as part of the Dr Beeching cuts.

Residents, who campaigned for 30 years for the station, had been promised it would open in 2016 but the start date kept getting put back.

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Kenilworth rail station reopens after 50 years

BBC News

The station, which closed during the Beeching cuts, sees its first trains after a 30-year campaign.

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Open at last - Kenilworth station on 30th April 2018, with customers from about 18 months to 'over 50' visible. Quite a few were nostalging about the closure of the original station in 1965. Notice the clerestory above the café - presumably to avoid tossed pancake retrieval crises.
Location: Kenilworth
Company: London and Birmingham Railway
30/04/2018 Ken Strachan

The 11.08 to Coventry slows to pick up at Kenilworth on its opening day. An orange sign in the windscreen said 'Welcome back Kenilworth'.
Location: Kenilworth
Company: London and Birmingham Railway
30/04/2018 Ken Strachan

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