Leominster and Kington Railway

The Leominster and Kington Railway was a British railway company in Herefordshire in England.

The Company was incorporated on 10 July 1854 on the initiative of William Bateman - Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman. He was then for 22 years CEO. The 21 km long railway line in the broad gauge of 2140 mm between Leominster and Kington was opened on 28 July 1857. The passenger was taken on August 20, 1857. Construction and operation was carried out by the railway contractor Thomas Brassey and cost 80,000 pounds. After expiry of the operating license of Brassey took over on July 1, 1862, the West Midlands Railway and the Great Western Railway, the company and operated it until the merger of the two companies together. On July 31, 1871, the Company received a concession for the construction of a branch line from Titley after Presteign. The line was opened on September 10, 1875. As of July 23, 1877, the operation was carried out exclusively by the Great Western Railway, in the Leominster and Kington Railway rose on August 2, 1898.

Important goods transported were sheep and cows, which were transported to local markets.