Rush Hour Trains at: Rugby, WCML, 21/07/23
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- An excellent rush hour period spent at Rugby on the West Coast Mainline where we see countless services from Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway and freight from Freightliner, DB Cargo UK, GBRF and Royal Mail.
Rugby was opened and built by the London and Birmingham Railway in 1838. This was the first orientation to be built and at first was a simple wooden structure and was located half a mile to the West of where the present is currently, and this was because at the time it was the location of the only access road into the area and was the only road north or rugby.
The station didn't last long however, once the Midland Counties Railway had a junction made it meant that a new station could be built on the junction making connections easier. Because of the location of the new station it meant that a new access road had to be built which would link the station to the town centre, because the station was built on a junction it meant that it was managed by 2 different companies, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Midland Railway. Because of this it meant that the station wasn't really what you would call conventional, it was slowly rebuilt over a course of 10 years but the platforms were significantly lower than the trains serving them which in turn caused a lot of passengers to complain as they either had to jump down off the trains or climb up, often struggling and sometimes resulting in injury.
The station was getting busier and busier and would continue to do so until 1880 when a new station had to be built as the LNWR deemed the station to be unsatisfactory, this was caused by the Northampton Loop opening which would connect Rugby to Northampton, at the time £70,000 was allocated to build a brand new station where the current one now lies, obviously having gone through several modifications. The Midland Railway still had a presence at the station however it was very small as they had local trains running to Leicester from the surviving platform that was used at the previous stations location. But this was closed in the 1960's and no trace of the line can be found.
When the station was built it consisted of a large central island platform and bay platforms located at either end for various terminating locals services, the way in which the island platform was accessed was via a tunnel running from the booking hall under the lines and up via a ramp. When the station was built it also came with a rather impressive steel and glass trainshed roof which covered an area of 117ft which spanned across the station and the surrounding tracks. The sides of the roof originally had glass side screens but were later removed, the roof was poorly maintained and fell into a state of disrepair. The glass on the roof was taken away leaving the station exposed to rainfall. It was completely removed in 2000 and instead replaced with canopies covering the platforms.
For a long period of time rugby boasted one of the longest stations on the rail network at 1,381 feet. However during the redevelopment of the station during 2007/2008 the island platforms were shortened.
During the time when the West Coast Mainline was being modernised to allow for higher speeds of trains along the length of the line and through stations rugby was given a new makeover with new signals installed and platforms built which would allow trains to pass past one another without affecting the speed of the passing train and making connecting services easier. Previously the max speed for non stopping trains was 75mph but once the work was completed it allowed for a max line speed of 125mph.
For a better visual representation of how the station used to look I recommend that you check out Mrdeltic15's channel as he has some truly incredible films from the 90's which shows how the station used to look and the types of trains that was used that sadly you wouldn't see much use of this day and age.
My next rush hour film will be from Hitchin on the East Coast Mainline.
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Love your videos love avanti West coast
Thank you kindly
@Tornado922 welcome mate looking forward to seeing more
I'll be heading here soon! Will be taking the Trent Valley southbound once I get to Stafford from Oxenholme then a pair of Class 221s back north to Oxenholme via Birmingham!
I hope you had a great time
Many changes over the last 50 years I notice.
Once upon a time I lived in Rugby
Thank you for the photos
Do you remember when two of the factory buildings had illuminated sign saying AEI and Rugby?
Well I worked in one of those buildings for a time
The railways in general have changed drastically over the last few years not just the towns.
Couldn't believe my eyes...did I see a couple of new Maersk containers
I had to do a double check myself haha
Hi Tornado922. Great rush hour film at Rugby. Loved the 2-tone that 390040 gave you at 23:10. Looking forward to watching the next rush hour film at Hitchin. Kind regards, Chris.
Thanks very much Chris
Great film at Rugby
Thanks very much
Great trains at Rugby my local. I was on the 1716 train that day and I wondered why we got held outside the station now I know why. Outside of disruption and engineering works they use Platform 3 for one morning train to Euston via Northampton Mon to Fri the 0802 service.
Thanks very much, it was nice to see the bay platform actually being used for once when I've been there
Awesome video as always buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy 👍 😊
Thank you kindly
The last time I seen it was the week before you arrived to rugby on the 14th and 2 London northwestern terminated there because they were late
Right ok
Great video
23:25 at least it's not just me 🤣
Thanks very much :)
Cracking video reckon Bedford is on the cards for a rush hour stint it's changed abit now
Thanks very much, I will see what I can get done
Considering half of DRS 88 fleet is currently out of action for Maintenance/exams it certainly won’t be uncommon to see 66s and 68s being used frequently on long distance freight trains
I'll never say no to seeing a 68 running on heavy freight trains
I hope you have a video of that chav being chased by the staff. Must have been funny
Sadly not
Nice vidwo.
Can you film at Birmingham New Street please
Thanks very much, I will see when I can get that done.
Nice video great camera work as usual as always I am really enjoying your lovely videos and camera work keep your lovely camera work up I am really looking forward to seeing your next video I hope you get a nice video next time also when is your next video going to be on TH-cam bye for now Philip
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this
No voyagers were out over the course of the Trent valley engineering works as the timetable did not include north wales services so they were kept at Central rivers (Barton) Mind you Liverpool went down to 1 every 2 hours in that timetable.
The railways were in a bit of a state
Please remember the road Mill Road adjacent to the station and rather low
ok?
Where do the containers come from? Liverpool perhaps
One of the many container terminals around the UK
i live 25 minutes from rugby
anyway very good but very strange day to be their
It was a mixed day for sure
A other in a long list of your great videos, would you ever consider the North Yorkshire moors railway I believe it connects to whitby network rail
I have been there once before and I would love to go back there again
Monday upload??
chewsdy mate
nuff said
What was this filmed on?
Samsung Galaxy Tablet
hello tornado922 I haven't seen your shows recently are you ok cheers speak to you soon cheers?
I'm doing really good thanks, hope you're keeping well?
some the maersk containers need to go. they just look battered
That's putting it midly!
Those MSC bulk liquid containers - it's a new idea that is being trialled to discourage illegal immigrants. When the container is unloaded, the doors are closed, then the container is filled with water via a valve on the top. So, if any have sneaked in, they come out again pretty quickly, and if they are out and trying to get in, they get very wet very quickly! - - - Well - no, not really - but - - - - !! 🙂
brexit means brexit
simple as