Leamington Spa (Avenue) railway station

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Leamington Spa (Avenue)
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Leamington Spa Avenue station in 1918
General information
Location Leamington Spa, Warwick
England
Coordinates 52°17′07″N1°32′16″W / 52.2852°N 1.5378°W / 52.2852; -1.5378
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company LNWR
Pre-grouping LNWR
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
February 1854Station opens
18 January 1965Station closed
Location
Leamington Spa (Avenue) railway station

Leamington Spa Avenue railway station was a station serving Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. It opened in 1854, and was located immediately to the north of the current surviving Leamington Spa railway station, it offered services to Coventry, Rugby and Weedon. It closed in 1965.

History

It was opened in February 1854 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), [1] three years after the line from Coventry to Leamington was extended from its original terminus at Milverton into the centre of Leamington, and joined end-on to the branch line to Rugby. [2] It was built alongside the Great Western Railway's Leamington station (which is still in operation) and provided a more convenient station in Leamington than the LNWR's original Milverton terminus. The original station was temporary, and made from wood, it was rebuilt as a permanent brick station in 1860. [3]

Leamington Spa Avenue provided passenger services towards Coventry, Rugby and, from 1895 Weedon via Daventry. The local passenger services to Weedon were withdrawn in 1958, and those to Rugby in 1959, but the lines remained open a few years longer for freight. The Coventry service remained until it too was withdrawn, and the station closed in 1965 as a part of the Beeching cuts. [4] The Coventry line continued for freight, and was diverted into the former Great Western station and the branches towards Rugby and Weedon were closed. The site of the station was levelled in 1977 to make way for redevelopment. [2] The site was originally covered by a garage, bus depot and public car park. In the late 2010s the site was cleared to make way for low rise residential housing and offices.

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References

  1. Clinker, C.R. (1954). Railways of the West Midlands a Chronology 1808-1954. London: Stephenson Locomotive Society. p. 23.
  2. 1 2 Hurst, Geoffrey (1993). LNWR Branch Lines of West Leicestershire & East Warwickshire (First ed.). Milepost Publications. pp. 44–59. ISBN   0-947796-16-9.
  3. "Leamington Avenue Station (LNWR)". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. "Railways to Royal Leamington Spa". Leamington History Group. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus  London and North Western Railway
Weedon–Leamington Spa line
  Southam & Long
Itchington

Line and station closed
Terminus  London and North Western Railway
Leamington–Rugby line
  Marton
Line and station closed
Warwick (Milverton)
Line open, station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Coventry–Leamington line
 Terminus