Rugby Parkway railway station

Rugby Parkway is a proposed railway station in Houlton on the eastern outskirts of Rugby, promoted by Warwickshire County Council.^[1] It was the subject of a high level feasibility study which recommended the station to be located on the Northampton Loop Line, near the Hillmorton area of Rugby, and close to new housing in Houlton and DIRFT.^[2]

Rugby Parkway
General information
Location	Houlton, Borough of Rugby England
Platforms	2
Location

It will be near to the location of the former Kilsby and Crick station, which closed in 1960.

In 2017, the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) allocated £4 million to the project to develop this station as part of the Growth Deal. ^[3]

However in June 2018 the plans were put on hold after £4 million of funding from CWLEP was withdrawn when Warwickshire County Council could not meet the deadline to secure an additional £5 million from the government.^[4]

In July 2019 Warwickshire County Council's Rail Strategy for 2019-2034 proposed that the station would be opened between 2019 and 2026, with the possibility that at some point additional platforms could be provided on the 'fast' West Coast Main Line lines, in addition to the slow lines via Northampton.^[5]

Diagram of the proposed location of Rugby Parkway station in relation to the other railways around Rugby.

In January 2023, Warwickshire County Council launched a public engagement on its outline plans for the station.^[6]

Services

As of 2018, the services are yet to be defined, but could be two or possibly three per hour.^[2]

See also

v t e Northampton loop
Legend
Birmingham Loop Line Trent Valley line Trent Valley Junction Rugby Hillmorton Junction Rugby Parkway (proposed) Kilsby and Crick Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) Daventry South Junction Crick Tunnel Watford Lodge Tunnel Long Buckby Althorp Park Church Brampton Northampton– Market Harborough line Northampton Northampton–Peterborough line & Bedford–Northampton line Blisworth Hunsbury Hill Tunnel Roade Hanslope Junction Castlethorpe Wolverton Milton Keynes Central West Coast Main Line

• Rugby railway station - the town's existing railway station.

References

1. Hunt, Joanna (15 October 2015). "Second train station to be built as Rugby expands". Rugby Advertiser. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
2. "RUGBY PARKWAY:A feasibility study into a new station to serve the Rugby Radio Station Sustainable Urban Extension". Retrieved 12 February 2018.
3. "Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Deal 3 Allocation" (PDF). democraticservices.coventry.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
4. "Setback for planned Hillmorton railway station as £4m in funding is withdrawn". Rugby Advertiser. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
5. "Warwickshire Rail Strategy 2019-2034" (PDF). Warwickshire County Council. p. 25. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
6. Plans for Rugby's second railway station to go out to public consultation - Rugby Observer, 18 January 2023

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