Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line
| Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line (Birmingham loop) |
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Diagrammatic map of the route in red.
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| Overview | |
| Locale |
West Midlands (region) |
| Termini |
Rugby Stafford |
| Stations | 21 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1852 (complete route) |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
West Midlands (region)
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Wolverhampton
The Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line (also known as the Birmingham loop) 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 cities, towns and villages served by the line are listed below.
A mixture of intercity, regional, cross-country and local services operate over all or parts of the route. Virgin Trains, London Midland, Arriva Trains Wales and CrossCountry all operate services.
The LNWR itself became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, and part of British Railways at Nationalisation in 1948.
The line was electrified along with the rest of the WCML during the late 1960s in the wake of the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan.
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