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Until the 1960s Rugby station served several other railway lines, which were closed mostly as part of the Beeching Axe. At one time railway lines diverged from Rugby station in seven different directions. The closed lines were: The Midland Counties Railway (later Midland Railway) line to Leicester and the East Midlands which opened in 1840. In ...
The station was run by the Great Central Railway from 1899 until it was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. It came under the management of British Railways in 1948. Rugby Central was roughly midway along the Great Central Main Line (GCML) and was a stopping point for express services, as well as a changeover point for ...
Rugby railway station, a railway station in Rugby, Warwickshire, England; Rugby Central railway station, a former railway station in Rugby, Warwickshire; Rugby Parkway railway station, a proposed new station to be built on the edge of Rugby, Warwickshire; Rugby Radio Station, a radio transmission station in Hillmorton, Warwickshire; Rugby Road ...
Rugby Radio Station (now demolished) One of the most notable landmarks around Rugby was, until August 2007, the Rugby Radio Station, a large radio transmitting station just to the east of the town. The station was opened in 1926, at its height in the 1950s it was the largest radio transmitting station in the world, with a total of 57 radio ...
Rugby Parkway is a proposed railway station in Houlton on the eastern outskirts of Rugby, promoted by Warwickshire County Council. [1] It was the subject of a high level feasibility study which recommended the station to be located on the Northampton Loop Line, near the Hillmorton area of Rugby, and close to new housing in Houlton and DIRFT.
The railway will shut for engineers to do the work as part of an £85m West Coast mainline project. Rugby-to-Stafford rail passengers face delays as signals connected Skip to main content
The Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line (also known as the Birmingham loop [1]) is a railway line in the West Midlands of England. It is a loop off the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Rugby and Stafford, via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The direct route between Rugby and Stafford is the Trent Valley line.
The former station at Birdingbury in 2010 showing the station buildings and platforms. The original proposal for the line were promoted by the Rugby and Leamington Railway Company. The Rugby and Leamington Railway Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. ccclxviii) received royal assent on 13 August 1846. The line was to be built and operated by the London ...