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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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Dunchurch Station
Dunchurch Station was opened on 2nd October 1871 some 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 although this had more to do with through traffic
than services to Dunchurch station. On 28th January 1884 the line was finally
doubled throughout its length to Leamington. The station was located some
1¾ miles to the west of the village which had a population of 6,061 in
the 1870s. Access to the station's main passenger building and the goods yard
was off the road between London and Coventry (now the A45). The goods yard had
very simple facilities being one siding which could be accessed from both ends
via trailing crossovers (see image 'lnwrdun2405'). 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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