- Dunchurch railway station
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Dunchurch The station building at Dunchurch in 2010 Location Place Dunchurch Area Rugby Coordinates 52°20′33″N 1°19′56″W / 52.34239°N 1.33209°WCoordinates: 52°20′33″N 1°19′56″W / 52.34239°N 1.33209°W Grid reference SP456718 Operations Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British RailwaysPlatforms 2 History 2 October 1871 Opened 15 June 1959 Closed to passenger traffic 2 November 1964 Closed to goods traffic 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–ZDunchurch railway station was a railway station serving Dunchurch in the English county of Warwickshire on the Rugby to Leamington line.
Among the many schemes to build a line between Rugby and Leamington was one by the Rugby, Leamington and Warwick Railway Company. This later became known as the Rugby and Leamington Railway and received Royal assent on 13 August 1846. The undertaking was sold to the London and North Western Railway on 17 November 1846 and the line opened on 1 March 1851.
When the line opened there only two intermediate stations (at Birdingbury and Marton) despite Dunchurch's population of 6,061 at the time.[1] Dunchurch had to wait more than 20 years before the LNWR opened the station at the point where the railway crossed beneath the road to Coventry (now the A45 trunk road) 1¾ miles west of the village.
Dunchurch station received the same service as the other intermediate stations. Bradshaw's July 1922 timetable shows 10 trains a day to Rugby and 9 trains to Leamington Spa. The service was unchanged in the timetable of July 1938.
The station closed to passengers on 15 June 1959 and closed to freight on 2 November 1964.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Rugby London and North Western Railway
Leamington to Rugby lineBirdingbury References
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Closed railway stations in Warwickshire Marton Junction to Weedon Line Rugby to Leamington Line Stratford-upon-Avon
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- Railway stations opened in 1871
- Railway stations closed in 1959
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
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