Rugby Central railway station
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Rugby Central in 1968, less than a year before closure. A Nottingham bound DMU waits at the platform
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| Location | |
| Place | Rugby, Warwickshire |
| Area | Rugby |
| Coordinates | 52°22′02″N 1°14′50″W / 52.3673°N 1.2471°WCoordinates: 52°22′02″N 1°14′50″W / 52.3673°N 1.2471°W |
| Grid reference | SP513746 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 15 March 1899 | Opened |
| 5 May 1969 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Rugby Central was a railway station serving Rugby in Warwickshire on the former Great Central Main Line which opened in 1899 and closed in 1969.
It competed with the existing West Coast Main Line route for traffic to London which had served Rugby since the 1830s at Rugby Midland Station, which still exists, but since the closure of Rugby Central has reverted to its original name of "Rugby".
The station was opened on 15 March 1899. It had services between London Marylebone and Manchester Piccadilly via Leicester Central, Nottingham Victoria and Sheffield Victoria. As well as various cross country services to places such as Southampton and Hull.
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 then 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 local services. Until the early 1960s the station was served by about six London – Manchester expresses daily, and was the terminus for local services from Aylesbury or Woodford Halse to the south, and Leicester Central or Nottingham Victoria from the north. The line was then run down and the express services were removed, leaving only the local services and an infrequent semi-fast service to London.
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