The Railways of Warwickshire

LMS Routes

London North Western Railway:

Rugby to Wolverhampton
Rugby to Leamington
Rugby to Market Harborough
Nuneaton to Leamington
Coventry Loop Line
Leamington to Weedon
Trent Valley Line
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Birmingham New Street to Harborne
Birmingham-Soho-
Perry Barr-Birmingham

Midland Railway:

Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Evesham to Birmingham
Hampton in Arden to Whitacre
Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Rugby to Leicester
Water Orton to Walsall

Stratford Midland Junction Railway

The Shakespeare Route

Nuneaton Abbey Street Station: mrna48

View of station looking towards Leicester and through the bridge to the ex-LNWR connecting lines. Note in this view the Leicester line's signals are sited on the Leicester platform whilst in image 'mrna48' they are located on the opposite side, on the Birmingham platform.

Pete Lee in his book 'The Railways of Nuneaton and Bedworth' reports that arrival of trains were announced by a brass bell attached to the building on the right, the Birmingham line's platform. C1950s

LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton

Nuneaton Abbey Street Station: mrna48