| 词条 | Rugby Central railway station | ||
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|name = Rugby Central |locale = Rugby, Warwickshire |borough = Rugby |original = Great Central Railway |pregroup = Great Central Railway |postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |platforms = 2 |coordinates = {{coord|52.3673|-1.2471|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}} |gridref = SP513746 |image = |caption = Rugby Central in 1968, less than a year before closure. A Nottingham bound DMU waits at the platform |years = 15 March 1899 |events = Opened |years1 = 5 May 1969 |events1 = Closed }} 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". HistoryThe station was opened on 15 March 1899.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=201}} It had services between {{rws|London Marylebone}} and {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}} via {{rws|Leicester Central}}, {{rws|Nottingham Victoria}} and {{rws|Sheffield Victoria}}. As well as various cross country services to places such as Southampton and Hull.{{sfn|Elliot|1985|p=40}} 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 {{rws|Aylesbury}} or {{rws|Woodford Halse}} to the south, and Leicester Central or Nottingham Victoria from the north.{{sfn|Elliot|1985|p=40}}{{sfn|Healy|1987|p=68}} 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. Most of the GCML was closed on 5 September 1966 under Reshaping of British Railways. On this date, the line south of Rugby Central and north of Nottingham Victoria was closed. The section between Rugby Central and Nottingham (initially Nottingham Victoria, later cut back to {{rws|Nottingham Arkwright Street}}) remained open as self-contained branch carrying a DMU operated local passenger service until 3 May 1969; the station formally closed on 5 May.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=201}} LocationRugby Central was on Hillmorton Road, roughly half a mile east of the town centre. It was much smaller and less important than Midland Station. Rugby Central was built to the standard Great Central design with a single island platform, {{convert|600|ft}} long.[1] BuildingsThe booking office was at street level, built onto the side of the road bridge over the railway with the platform below. The platform was accessed by a covered staircase from the booking office. On the platform were three waiting rooms and a toilet block, which was the only building not covered by the canopy.{{sfn|Elliot|1985|p=39}}{{sfn|Healy|1987|p=68}} On the preserved Great Central Railway in Leicestershire, the preserved {{rws|Loughborough Central}} station is a similar design to the former Rugby Central. The station buildings were demolished after closure, but the platform still exists. Rugby Borough Council bought the whole of the former Great Central Railway trackbed through Rugby in 1970, and it is now a nature walk, the Great Central Way.[1] The former goods yard was west of the station and was used as a timber yard until the mid-1990s, when houses were built on it.[1] {{Disused Rail Start}}{{rail line |previous={{rws|Braunston and Willoughby}}Line and station closed |next={{rws|Lutterworth}} Line and station closed |route=Great Central Railway London Extension |col={{GCR colour}} }}{{s-end}} Reopening proposalsIn August 2000, Chiltern Railways suggested reopening the former Great Central Main Line between {{rws|London Marylebone}} and Rugby Central to a parkway station in Leicestershire near the M1/M6.[2] The proposal is a "secondary aspiration" of Chiltern's franchise agreement.[3] However, Chiltern stated in 2013 that the plan is "no longer active".[4] In recent years, proposals to reopen the railway line as an alternative route to HS2 have been proposed, and in 2015, opponents of HS2 called for the GCR to be reopened as an alternative.[5] In October 2017, English Regional Transport Association proposed reopening the line from Calvert to Rugby with a new link to Nuneaton as part of a West Coast relief line. [6] Notes1. ^1 2 Subterranea Britannica 2. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.cwn.org.uk/business/a-z/c/chiltern-railways/2000/08/000810-new-central-scheme.htm |title=Bid To Reopen Central Railway To Passengers |accessdate=1 July 2013 |last= Buggins |first= Arryn |publisher= cwn.org.uk |date=10 August 2000}} 3. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/43237/RED_Chiltern_Franchise_Agreement.pdf |title= Franchise Agreement relating to the services for the carriage of passengers by railway to be provided by The Chiltern Railway Company Limited |accessdate=1 July 2013 |author = Strategic Rail Authority |date=1 March 2002 |at=Schedule 14, Part 3, Paragraph 2.2}} 4. ^{{cite web |url= https://twitter.com/chilternrailway/status/306051903358386178 |title=Chiltern Railways Twitter Feed |date=25 February 2013}} 5. ^ 6. ^RAIL Issue 838 p.37 References
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