Kenilworth railway station on the Coventry to Leamington line was a railway station in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, opened in 1844 and closed in 1965 under the Beeching Axe, when the line was closed to passengers. Passenger services over the line were restarted in the 1980s but the station was not reopened. What remains of the double track includes a passing loop here and the approaches to Coventry and Leamington Spa stations.
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