Marton railway station was a
railway station
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serving
Marton in the
English
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county of
Warwickshire
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on the
Rugby to Leamington line.
Among the many schemes to build a line between
Rugby
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*** Masters Rugby League
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and
Leamington was one by the Rugby, Leamington and Warwick Railway Company. This later became known as the Rugby and Leamington Railway and received
royal assent
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on 13 August 1846. The undertaking was sold to the
London and North Western Railway on 17 November 1846 and the line opened on 1 March 1851.
Marton station was situated half-a-mile south of the village it served on the road to Long Itchington (now the
A423
The A423 road is a primary A road in England in two sections. The main section leads from central Banbury to the A45 near Coventry.
Route
It starts in Banbury town centre as Southam Road and goes through the Southam Road Industrial Estat ...
). The brick-built station buildings were on the Down (Leamington-bound) side of the line.
Marton station closed to passenger traffic on 15 June 1959 and closed to freight in July 1961.
The rail bridge over the A423 was demolished in August 2022, removing the access to the former station permanently.
References
External links
Marton Station on navigable 1954 O. S. mapLNWR Map
{{Warwickshire railway stations, disused
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1851
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1961
Disused railway stations in Warwickshire
Former London and North Western Railway stations
1851 establishments in England