Bulkington was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

on the

Trent Valley Line The Trent Valley line is a railway line between Rugby and Stafford in England, forming part of the West Coast Main Line. It is named after the River Trent which it follows. The line was built to provide a direct route from London to North West E ...

serving the village of

Bulkington Bulkington is a large village and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Bedworth, in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : In the 2011 census the wa ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

, England. The station was opened along with the line in 1847, and was closed in 1931. The station had three platforms; one side platform, and an island platform. The platforms are long gone, the only surviving remnant of the station today is the former station building alongside the tracks, which is now a private house.Geograph 1963195
/ref> The station building was designed by

John William Livock John William Livock (30 July 1814 - 15 March 1883) was an architect based in England, best known for his railway stations constructed for the London and North Western Railway. Family He was born on 30 July 1814 in Hampstead, the son of John Li ...

, who designed most of the stations on the Trent Valley Railway. It is one of the few remaining examples of original Livock designed station buildings on the Trent Valley Line. Two others still exist at and . File:LNWR engine No.507 'Marchioness of Stafford'.jpg, Bulkington station circa 1900, with a

LNWR Dreadnought Class The LNWR Dreadnought class was a class of 40 passenger three-cylinder compound 2-2-2-0 locomotives designed by F. W. Webb for the London and North Western Railway, and manufactured by them in their Crewe Works between 1884 and 1888. The railw ...

locomotive. File:Bulkington railway station 1935858 7f959a7d.jpg, The remains of the station in 1961, 30 years after closure.

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Bulkington station - Warwickshire railways
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931 Disused railway stations in Warwickshire Former London and North Western Railway stations 1847 establishments in England John William Livock buildings Bedworth {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub