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Rugby
Location
Place Rugby
Local authority Rugby
Operations
Station code RUG
Managed by Virgin Trains
Platforms in use 6
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
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Rugby railway station is a interchange station in the town of Rugby in Warwickshire. The station is on the West Coast Main Line and is a major interchange for services towards the West Midlands, the North West and London. London Midland provide services between Euston/Northampton-Rugby/Coventry/Birmingham and Euston-Crewe/Stafford/Stoke-on-Trent. Virgin Trains provide services between Euston-West Midlands/North West.

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  • Local train at rugby geograph-2584816-by-David-Robinson

    London Midland Class 350 unit stops at Rugby with a service to Birmingham New Street

  • Rugby railway station

    A Virgin Trains Pendolino calls at Rugby.

  • Rugby Station 1917

    Rugby Station in 1917

  • Rugby Midland railway station 2058887 3c5061ac

    The station in 1959

  • Rugby 3 75473 1 copy

    A Class 310 electric multiple unit at one of the former northbound bay platforms at Rugby in 1975.

  • Rugby signal gantry

    The "Rugby Bedstead" signalling gantry in 1895, prior to the construction of the Great Central viaduct

  • Rugby Locomotive Depot geograph-2173693

    Inside the Repair Shops at Rugby Locomotive Depot in 1953

  • Rugby station front before revamp

    Rugby station entrance in 2006, before redevelopment.

  • Railway Station, Rugby, geograph 2293228 by Richard Rogerson

    View of the new station entrance in 2011.

  • Rugby station platform 1 under construction, (1) March 2007

    The new platform 1 under construction in March 2007

  • Rugby station platforms 5&6 10.21

    The new north island platform added in the 2008 upgrade. Containing platforms 5 and 6.

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