Dunchurch
Dunchurch Station, opened on 2nd October 1871, was built
twenty years after the opening of the single line branch between Rugby and
Leamington. The goods yard opened the following year on 1st February 1872.
Despite initial comments by the Chairman of the LNWR, Mr GC Glyn, that the line
would never pay, traffic increased to justify the doubling of the track from
Rugby to Dunchurch on 27th March 1882. On 28th January 1884 the line was
finally doubled throughout its length to Leamington.
The line's passenger traffic fell markedly in the 1950s
resulting in the withdrawal of the passenger service to the station on 15th
June 1959 with goods traffic holding out until 2nd November 1964. The only
major event of note at the station was the arrival of King George V's horses
(the King disembarked at Rugby for duties in the town) for use by the King
inspecting troops being marshalled for the Gallopoli campaign.
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