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To distinguish it from the other station, the present station became known as Rugby Midland. Rugby Central closed in 1969, and Rugby Midland reverted to being called just Rugby in 1970. The station came under the management of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) (1885–1923), and then the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS ...
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.
These call at all stations on the route, except Polesworth which is served only by one daily northbound service. [2] Avanti West Coast uses the route for its inter-city services from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Chester, Holyhead and Glasgow Central. These services rarely stop at stations on the Trent Valley ...
The station buildings were demolished after closure, but the platform still exists and is open to the public: The station site, and 4.5 miles of the former Great Central Railway trackbed through Rugby, are now owned by Rugby Borough Council, who bought them in 1970 for £5,500. The trackbed runs mostly through cuttings, and it is now used as a ...
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 Halt, a former railway halt in London, England. Rugby station (North Dakota), an Amtrak station in Rugby, North Dakota, US; Rugby station (Boston), a ...
The station was rebuilt again on a larger scale in 1862, on a site to the north of the older ones, designed by the London and North Western Railway company architect WIlliam Baker in an Italian style. In 1866, a direct approach from the town centre was built, and the North Western Hotel (later the Station Hotel) was built opposite the station ...
Station Road leads from the village centre terminating in a small Mill Lane. Some distance along the former are a number of buildings, where traces of the old track bed may still be made out. Map of the railways around Rugby in 1950, showing the location of Clifton Mill station
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.