Rugby–Leamington line
The Rugby to Leamington Line was a railway line running from Rugby to Leamington Spa. It was a 15-mile (24 km) branch line built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and opened in 1851. The branch connected Leamington with the mainline from London to Birmingham (now the West Coast Main Line) which had been opened in 1838 by the LNWR's predecessor, the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR).
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Spanning the cutting at Marton Junction, this pioneering wrought-iron bridge is of trussed lattice girder construction | |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| History | |
| Opened | 1851 |
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| Line length | 15 mi (24 km) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Leamington Spa former branch lines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Rugby–Leamington line is on the left and the Weedon–Marton Junction line on the right. The orange section of track between the Rugby Cement works and Southam was replaced with road transport in 1985 and then lifted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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