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Rugby railway station

Rugby National Rail
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Station entrance
Location
Place Rugby
Local authority Borough of Rugby
Coordinates 52°22′44″N 1°15′00″W / 52.379°N 1.250°W / 52.379; -1.250Coordinates: 52°22′44″N 1°15′00″W / 52.379°N 1.250°W / 52.379; -1.250
Grid reference SP511759
Operations
Station code RUG
Managed by Virgin Trains
Number of platforms 6
DfT category C1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 1.750 million
2012/13 Increase 1.823 million
2013/14 Increase 1.926 million
2014/15 Increase 2.047 million
2015/16 Increase 2.282 million
History
Original company London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
9 April 1838 First station opened as Rugby
4 July 1840 First station replaced by second
5 July 1885 Second station replaced by third
25 September 1950 Renamed Rugby Midland
4 May 1970 Renamed Rugby
2006–2008 Remodelled
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rugby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Rugby railway station serves the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. It opened during the Victorian era, in 1885, replacing earlier stations situated a little further west. Since the closure of the former Rugby Central station on the now-abandoned Great Central Railway route through the town, it is Rugby's only station. Between 1950 and 1970 the station was known as Rugby Midland before reverting to its original title. The station underwent an extensive upgrade during 2006-2008, with extra platforms added, and a new ticket office and entrance building constructed, however the original Victorian part of the station was retained in the upgrade.

Rugby station is at the centre of two important junctions of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) connecting London to Birmingham and North West England and Scotland. The junction of the Trent Valley Line to the North West, and the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line to Birmingham is a short distance west of the station. East of the station, the Northampton Loop Line diverges at a junction from the direct line to London. Until the 1960s it also had routes to Leicester, Peterborough East and Leamington Spa (Avenue) but these have all since been closed.

The present station, managed by Virgin Trains, is located roughly half a mile north of Rugby town centre. On the WCML as a whole, it is located 82 miles (132 km) north of London Euston, and 319 miles (513 km) south of Glasgow Central.


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