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Rugby

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Rugby

Station code: RUG National Rail
Where: English West Midlands, England
Opened on the London and Birmingham Railway.
Opened on the Midland Counties Railway.

Nearby stations Rugby [1st] Clifton Mill Rugby Central Lilbourne Kilsby and Crick Dunchurch Yelvertoft and Stanford Park Brinklow Braunston and Willoughby Lutterworth Brandon and Wolston Birdingbury Braunston London Road Flecknoe Welton	Hillmorton Junctions Newbold Canal Basin Goods Rugby (Newbold) Watertroughs Holbrook Park Watertroughs Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal Gill^s Corner Tunnel Kilsby Tunnel Crick Tunnel Binley Colliery Buckby Top Lock Staverton Viaduct Dunton Bassett Tunnel Works Catesby Viaduct Marton Junction
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1840	Midland Counties Railway Opened from Rugby (London and Birmingham Railway) to triangular junction at Long Eaton.
/09/1848	London and North Western Railway Consideration of abandoning Leamington to Rugby line promoted by the former Rugby and Leamington Railway.

News items

03/08/2023	ScotRail urges rail users to plan ahead for 'very busy weekend' [The Herald]
28/07/2023	ScotRail urge Scotland rugby fans to plan ahead on Saturday [Border Telegraph]
03/04/2023	ScotRail adds more seats for Melrose Sevens [ScotRail]
07/02/2023	ScotRail issues travel advice and adds more seats ahead of Six Nations match at Murrayfield [ScotRail]
16/11/2022	ScotRail encourages rugby fans to plan ahead and travel home from Edinburgh Waverley [ScotRail]
22/02/2022	ScotRail issues travel advice ahead of Six Nations match at Murrayfield [ScotRail]
02/02/2022	ScotRail urges rugby fans to plan ahead [ScotRail]
13/01/2022	West Coast main line journeys better protected from flooding [Network Rail]
17/11/2021	ScotRail prepares for a busy weekend of sport [ScotRail]
31/10/2021	Bad weather causes delays on train route to Glasgow COP26 talks [The Guardian]

Books

Great Railway Journeys: London to Birmingham By Rail (Through Time)

London and Birmingham Railway: 150 Years On

London and Birmingham: A Railway of Consequence

The Midland Counties Railway