Rugby Parkway railway station

Rugby Parkway
National Rail
General information
LocationHoulton, Borough of Rugby
England
Platforms2
Location
Map

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]

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However in June 2018 the plans were put on hold after £4 million of funding from CWLEP was withdrawn when Warwickshire County Council could not meet the deadline to secure an additional £5 million from the government.[4]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

  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 ^ "Setback for planned Hillmorton railway station as £4m in funding is withdrawn".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