Rugby–Leamington line
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The Rugby to Leamington Line was a railway line running from Rugby to Leamington Spa. It was a 15-mile branch line built by the London and North Western Railway and opened in 1851. The branch connecte
Spanning the cutting at Marton Junction, this pioneering wrought-iron bridge is of trussed lattice girder construction
The site of Marton Junction in 2009: The line to Rugby ran straight ahead, whilst the line to Weedon diverged to the right.
The former station at Birdingbury in 2005 showing the station buildings and platforms.
Disused railway viaduct over the Grand Union Canal near Offchurch, Warwickshire.
Leamington Spa Avenue railway station was a station serving Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. It opened in 1854, and was located immediately to the north of the current surviving Leamington Spa railway st
Rugby–Leamington line
…1 March 1851. The first intermediate station at Marton was opened on 1 January 1852, Birdingbury station opened on 1 February 1853. In February 1854, Leamington Spa Avenue station opened which was closer to the town centre than the original Milverton station, and was alongside the rival Great Western Railway's (GWR) Leamington…
Leamington Spa Avenue station in 1918
Site of Avenue station in 2005
The site of Avenue station in 2023