Rugby (3/7/10)

Rugby is a massive Station on the West Coast Main Line and is 82 Miles from London Euston and 319 miles from Glasgow Central. It is where the Birmingham Loop Line to Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton branches off the West Coast Main Line.

The station has been remodelled to allow non stopping Pendolino's and Super Voyagers to pass through at the full line speed at 125 mph and now has 6 platforms. However the historic Birdcage Bridge which one proudly carried the Great Central Railway over the West Coast Main Line has sadly been dismantled as a result of the West Coast Main Line Modernisation Project.

On the day of filming I managed to see 5 surprises alongside the usual Pendolinos, Super Voyagers and Desiros. They were as follows;

Wrexham & Shropshire Class 67 013 + 4 Mk3's + DVT Class 82 304.

Class 66 711 (in old GBRF livery) + Freightliner
Class 86 501 (Freightliner Green) + Freightliner
Class 66 433 + Class 66 416 (DRS) + Freightliner
Class 92 042 (Honegger) + Class 90 020 (Collingwood)

The Wrexham & Shropshire Train working from Wrexham General to London Marylebone had been diverted from Wolverhampton via Birmingham, Rugby and the WCML due to engineering work on the Chiltern Main Line.

On a typical weekday Rugby has 8 trains an hour off peak and the service pattern is as follows;

1 tph to Crewe (XX03)
1 tph to Northampton (XX14)
3 tph to Birmingham New St (XX16, XX27 , XX51)
3 tph to London Euston (XX19, XX24, XX33)

I hope you enjoy this video as its the first time I've ever trainspotted at Rugby Station and it has been a massive success.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Class 66
• Class 67
• Class 86
• Class 90
• Class 92
• Class 221
• Class 350
• Class 390
• Virgin Trains
• London Midland
• Wrexham & Shropshire
• Freightliner
• First GBRF
• Direct Rail Services
• EWS
• DB Shenker
• Virgin Trains Class 390
• Virgin Trains Class 221
• London Midland Class 350
• Freightliner Class 86
• Wrexham & Shropshire Class 67
• DRS Class 66
• First GBRF Class 66
• Virgin Pendolino
• London Midland Desiro
• Virgin Super Voyager
• Rugby Station
• West Coast Main Line
• Virgin Pendolino at Speed

[Ayrshire1trains]

Nice Vid of Rugby Station

Like the pendo Crossover with the desiro

[Desiro360]

@Ayrshire1trains Thanks mate :)

[hstadam94]

nice vid!! good commentary! :)

[Desiro360]

@hstadam94 Cheers mate :)

[Ayrshire1trains]

Nice Vid mate liked

[Desiro360]

@hstadam94 There are more London Midland commuter services that serve Rugby than Virgin Trains express services. This is reduce the risk of overcrowding on Virgin's Pendolino's :)

[hstadam94]

@redthunder124 I think its beacuse theres more london midland services running from london to birmingham aswell so theres less virgin trains stopping there.

[Desiro360]

@redthunder124 I know, Virgin should in the future have a few more services call here as Rugby now has the capacity to have more trains serve it. :)

[Desiro360]

@MrLuckynine Cheers dude :)

[redthunder124]

I dont understand why more virgin services dont stop here, it only gets 1 an hour in each direction!!