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4 unusual facts about Trent Valley Line


Atherstone railway station

It is located on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, exactly 102 miles from London Euston station, as a placard on an adjacent building announces.

Nuneaton railway station

It is served by three railway lines; the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, the Birmingham-Leicester-Peterborough Line and the Nuneaton to Coventry branch line.

Trent Valley Line

The contractor for the 50 miles of double-track line was the London Railway Contractors Partnership of Thomas Brassey, John Stephenson and William MacKenzie.

Additionally, the line between Rugby and Brinklow, formerly three tracks, was quadrupled on 27 May 2008.



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