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Rugby Station: The Station Buildings and Concourse

LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington
LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

Additional pages divided on different thematic subjects are available by clicking on the links below:

Rugby Station - Part 1 (33) Rugby Station - Part 2 (33) Rugby Station - Part 3 (22)
Pre-grouping Locomotives (29) LMS Locomotives Part 1 (38) LMS Locomotives Part 2 (36)
BR Locomotives - Part 1 (21) BR Locomotives - Part 2 (22) Rugby Shed (173)

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View of Rugby's 1860 station main entrance with three bay canopy and station building alongside
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View of Rugby's 1860 station main entrance with three bay canopy and station building alongside		 View of the entrance to Rugby's third station just a few years after opening and which utilised three of the original canopies
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View of the entrance to Rugby's third station just a few years after opening and which utilised three of the original canopies		 Early 1900s view of the down platform as a LNWR train arrives opposite the news kiosk
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Early 1900s view of the down platform as a LNWR train arrives opposite the news kiosk

A First World War view of the up platform as a LNWR train arrives in the station
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A First World War view of the up platform as a LNWR train arrives in the station		 View of the up platform which had been designed to accommodate two trains at each platform simultaneously
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View of the up platform which had been designed to accommodate two trains at each platform simultaneously		 A train indicator which showed the time of the nest two trains ans with the finger boards which section of platform
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A train indicator which showed the time of the nest two trains ans with the finger boards which section of platform

Looking towards London along the down platform as a train leaves the south section of the platform
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Looking towards London along the down platform as a train leaves the south section of the platform		 Close up of the down platform and the ramp providing access to the station
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Close up of the down platform and the ramp providing access to the station		 Close up showing a LNWR 4-4-0 at the head of an express using the scissor crossing to exit the down platform
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Close up showing a LNWR 4-4-0 at the head of an express using the scissor crossing to exit the down platform

View of the station looking southwards from the main entrance to the station
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View of the station looking southwards from the main entrance to the station		 Another view of Rugby's frontage and canopy with a mixture of vehicles in LMS and BR's new corporate livery
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Another view of Rugby's frontage and canopy with a mixture of vehicles in LMS and BR's new corporate livery		 View of the scissors crossing taken from Rugby No 3 Signal Box and looking towards Stafford
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View of the scissors crossing taken from Rugby No 3 Signal Box and looking towards Stafford

View of one of the two ramps that provided access to the underpass which ran from the main entrance to the otherside of the station
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View of one of the two ramps that provided access to the underpass which ran from the main entrance to the otherside of the station 		View of the entrance to the refreshment room from platform with parcel trolleys loaded
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View of the entrance to the refreshment room from platform with parcel trolleys loaded		 View of Rugby No 3 Signal Box which controls the scissor crossover and the section of track on the down side of the station
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View of Rugby No 3 Signal Box which controls the scissor crossover and the section of track on the down side of the station

View of the middle section of platform 2's main building which has a water fountain marked 1864
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View of the middle section of platform 2's main building which has a water fountain marked 1864		 Another view of platform 2's main building at the northern end of the station
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Another view of platform 2's main building at the northern end of the station		 View of the up platform showing the train shed covering both the platform line and the avoiding line
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View of the up platform showing the train shed covering both the platform line and the avoiding line

View from the GC bridge towards the southern end of Rugby station
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View from the GC bridge towards the southern end of Rugby station		 Close up showing the southern aspect of the approach to the station
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Close up showing the southern aspect of the approach to the station		 Close up showing the lines either side of Rugby No1 Signal Box
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Close up showing the lines either side of Rugby No1 Signal Box

Vista of the southern end of the station and shed with the shed and coaling tower on the right
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Vista of the southern end of the station and shed with the shed and coaling tower on the right		 Close up showing the configuration of the train shed which had two ridged roofs at either end and two bow roofs in the centre
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Close up showing the configuration of the train shed which had two ridged roofs at either end and two bow roofs in the centre		 The Lord Mayor of London arriving at Rugby for the laying of the foundation stone of the St Cross Hospital's nursing home
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The Lord Mayor of London arriving at Rugby for the laying of the foundation stone of the St Cross Hospital's nursing home

The departure of King Edward VII on the Royal Train after his visit to Rugby shortly before his death
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The departure of King Edward VII on the Royal Train after his visit to Rugby shortly before his death		 Photograph of LNWR staff at Rugby station at the turn of the century
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Photograph of LNWR staff at Rugby station at the turn of the century		 A photograph of the full compliment of staff of the LNWR at Rugby's second station
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A photograph of the full compliment of staff of the LNWR at Rugby's second station

Guardians and representatives of the town awaiting the arrival of King Edward VII for the opening of the Temple Speech room
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Guardians and representatives of the town awaiting the arrival of King Edward VII for the opening of the Temple Speech room		 The Mayor Alderman RH Myers accompanied by Miss D Myers serves the 100,000th cup of tea from Rugby's wartime station canteen
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The Mayor Alderman RH Myers accompanied by Miss D Myers serves the 100,000th cup of tea from Rugby's wartime station canteen		 Ex-LMS 4-6-2 Coronation class 4-6-0 No 46253 'City of Albans' at the head of the Mid-Day Scot as it passes through the station
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Ex-LMS 4-6-2 Coronation class 4-6-0 No 46253 'City of Albans' at the head of the Mid-Day Scot as it passes through the station

Railway Terrace Rugby which was laid out as a private road for private Villas was fenced using old railway sleepers.
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Railway Terrace Rugby which was laid out as a private road for private Villas was fenced using old railway sleepers.		 The last passenger train for Leamington about to leave Rugby Midland station
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The last passenger train for Leamington about to leave Rugby Midland station		 View of the cattle market which was extremely large and which required many to be transported to Rugby by rail
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View of the cattle market which was extremely large and which required many to be transported to Rugby by rail