Following a meeting with Tracy Hall of Virgin Trains, we have received responses to several outstanding issues. These include
* December 2009 timetable changes
* Boarding restrictions on the 18.33 ex Euston on Fridays
* Contingency timetable arrangements
* Rugby station facilities
* Changes to off-peak travel restrictions.

Please see the Notes of meeting with Tracy Hall - 02.02.10 for full details.

RRUG has sent a questionnaire to all prospective candidates for the forthcoming General Election, asking them for their views on the issues that RRUG are campaigning for.

So far, we have had responses from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and UKIP candidates. The responses can be viewed by clickimg on the links below.

Conservative response
Liberal Democrat response
UKIP response

Following the successful appeal by Network Rail to the high court, the proposed strike action by signalling staff who belong to the RMT has been suspended.

Normal train services will therefore run from Tuesday to Friday, 6 to 9 April.

However, industrial action is still possible at some time in the future as the RMT intends to reballot its members and the vote could favour a strike.

Severn Trent Water will be carrying out work at the junction of Station Approach and Murray Road from Monday 29 March until Friday 9 April. During this time, the single line traffic section through the tunnel will be extended across Station Approach by using temporary traffic lights, and the end of Station Approach will be partially closed.

Station Appoach will be one way only at the junction, for traffic from Murray Road to the front of the station in that direction only. Traffic from the station area to Murray Road / Mill Road will have to circulate via Railway Terrace and Craven Road.

The bus stops for route 4 and other buses serving the station have temporarily been moved approx. 80 yards up Murray Road.

Following the succesful appeal by Network Rail to the high court, the strike by RMT signallers due to take place from Tuesday 6 to Friday 9 April has been cancelled. If a further ballot takes place and the result is in favour of inductrial action, arrangements similar to those shown below will operate.

The Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) have called a strike of signalling staff from Tuesday 6th April until Friday 9th April, from 06.00 to 10.00 and from 18.00 to 22.00 on each day. Network Rail are making contingency arrangements to staff a limited number of signal boxes between 07.00 and 19.00 on these days. As a result, train services on many routes will be cancelled altogether, and the lines which remain open will have a restricted service.

On the strike days, London Midland train services which normally serve Rugby are expected to be revised as follows:
* Birmingham - Rugby - Northampton. 2 trains per hour.
* Northampton - Milton Keynes - Watford - London Euston. 4 trains per hour.
* Rugby - Trernt Valley stations - Stoke-on-Trent - Crewe. 1 train per hour.
All services will have ceased by 19.00. This means that last trains from many stations will depart significantly before that time, in order to reach their destination before 19.00.

Virgin Trains intend to run the following services. Again, these will run between 07.00 and 19.00 only.
* London Euston - Birmingham New Street. 2 trains per hour, of which 1 per hour extended to / from Wolverhampton.
* London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly via Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe. 2 trains per hour.
* London Euston - Glasgow Central. Near normal service between 07.00 and 19.00, diverted via (but not calling at) Stoke-on-Trent.
* Birmingham - Glasgow and Edinburgh. Normal frequency north of Crewe. No service Birmingham - Crewe.
Stopping points will be revised as necessary to provide a train service to intermediate stations normally served by trains which will not run on these days.

For London commuters , these changes will mean that the first train from Rugby to Euston will be at 07.05 arriving Euston at 07.59, although this will be overtaken by another train leaving at 07.08 arriving Euston at 07.57. Last trains from Euston to Rugby will be at 16.23 and 17.23.

For Birmingham commuters, the first train will leave Rugby at 07.47 and call at all stations to Birmingham New Street arriving at 08.35. The last trains from Birmingham to Rugby, again calling at all stations, will be at 16.53 and 17.23.

There will be no service, either by London Midland or Virgin, between Wolverhampton and Stafford. Passengers between Birmingham and the North West will be expected to travel on Cross Country trains to Nuneaton. Virgin trains will be calling additionally at Nuneaton to connect with the Cross Country service.

Full details of which services will be running during the strike for all Train Operating Companies are on the special National Rail dispute website.

For timetables of trains serving Rugby on strike days please click on the links below:
London Midland timetables
Virgin Trains timetable

The March issue of 'On track', the London Midland newsletter, reports that customer satisfaction according to the latest National Passenger Survey now 87%, and that the Public Performance Measure for February is up 6% to 89.3%. Information to customers during disruptions will also now improve following the issue of BlackBerries or PDAs to on-train staff.

Further details of these and other items of interest are in the March issue of 'On track', the London Midland newsletter.

The new class 350/2 trains recently delivered to London Midland were originally intended to replace all the 'old' class 321 trains (the class 321 trains are the old purple and green trains formerly operated by Silverlink County). All the class 321s ere planned to be cascaded to other train operating companies to boost their services.

However, it has now been agreed that London Midland will keep seven of the old class 321 trains, in addition to all the new class 350s. This is to alleviate overcrowding on some of the Northampton - Euston peak hour servioes, where the retained class 321s will be mainly used. Class 321s also work the Watfrord - St Albans brnach which is not currently cleared for class 350 operation. The seven trains affected are being repainted into London Midland colours.br>
London Midland now has 30 class 350/1 trains (with 2 + 2 seating), 37 class 350/2 trains (with 3 + 2 seating) and 7 class 321 trains (with 3 + 2 seating) for operation on routes which include those serving Rugby.

Because of road works being carried out by Central Networks, the junction of Murray Road and Station Approach is closed for a few days.

This means there is no access from Murray Road or Mill Road tunnel to the station, including car park No. 1. Traffic arriving at the station via Railway Terrace will not be able to prioceed past the entrance to car park No. 1.

The bus stops in Murray Road have been temporarily located approximately 100 yards further from the station, the other side of Abbey Street. Bus passengers therefore have further to walk between the bus stops and the station, and should allow extra time for this.

This situation is expected to continue for approximately one week.

Following Chris Gibb's refusal at our September meeting to consider any improvements to services to the North, we have written to him again asking for the a couple of minor improvements which were not suggested at the meeting.

These propose firstly that, when the 19.58 ex Preston is cancelled, Virgin will guarantee that the last Glasgow - Euston train will call at Rugby as a replacement. This has happened on occasions, but we have asked for it to be guaranteed. The other proposal is that on Saturdays the last Liverpool - Euston train should call additionally at Rugby, as it does on all other days of the week. Whilst far from ideal, if these proposals are accepted they would at least give us a guaranteed return service from the north every day of the week.

We have also written to our MP Jeremy Wright asking for him to pursue the restoration of services to the North with the Department for Transport, who are responsible for setting the service requirements.

Both letters can be found in the Correspondence section of the Members' area of this website.

To cover for Pendolinos currently out of service, some Euston - Birmingham workings will normally be worked by a class 90 electric locomotive and the refurbished Virgin Mark 3 coaches until further notice.

These workings will be:
- 07.03 Euston - Birmingham (Rugby 07.51)
- 10.43 Euston - Birmingham
- 14.43 Euston - Birmingham
- 19.03* Euston - Birmingham (Rugby 19.51)
- 08.50 Birmingham - Euston (Rugby 09.23)
- 12.30 Birmingham - Euston
- 16.30 Birmingham - Euston
- 20.50* Birmingham - Euston (Rugby 21.23)

* On Fridays, these trains will be worked by a Pendolino, and the loco hauled set will operate the 18.46 relief train from Euston to Preston.

The loco-hauled set may also work a few services between Euston and Birmingham at weekends.

Following the recent adverse weather, train services operated by Virgin Trains and London Midland are returning to normal.

However, the bad weather has taken its toll on the rolling stock and as a result both Virgin and London Midland are temporarily short of trains. On Virgin Trains this will cause some short notice cancellations and use of 5-car Voyagers in place of 9-car Pendolinos on some trains. London Midland will try to provide a full service, although some trains will run with fewer carriages than normal to enable this to happen.

Please see the National Rail journey planner, Virgin Trains website and London Midland website, but be aware that these sites cannot be guaranteed to show some last minute changes.

The Winter timetable started on Sunday, 13 December. Following the major changes to the timetable in December 2008, there are very few changes this time. The main changes are as follows:
* A few trains retimed by up to 3 minutes on both the Rugby - London and Rugby - Birmingham routes
* 18.46 Fridays only from London to Preston no longer calls at Rugby (calls additionally at Crewe instead)
* 22.43 and 23.43 Euston to Wolverhampton retimed to depart at 22.30 and 23.30 respectively.

Full details of the services operating are shown in the National Rail journey planner.

A summary of the new peak time services to both London and Birmingham can be found by selecting "Current Rugby timetable" from the menu on the left-hand side of this page.

Following an update of the National Rail website, the live departure boards for Rugby now show platform numbers.

Platform numbers for London Midland services between Northampton and Birmingham are shown well in advance of departure. Platform numbers for Virgin Trains, and the London Midland Trent Valley service, are usually only shown shortly before departure.

At the RRUG members' meeting on 23 September, Chris Gibb - Chief Opetrating Officer of Virgin Trains, gave no hope of any additional services between Rugby and the North for the remainder of the Virgin Trains franchise. He explained that the timetable was tightly specified by the Department for Transport, and the business case centered around fast and frequent services over longer distances. This is at the expense of services to intermediate stations, which are not seen as such good revenue generators.

Our best hope would appear to be to try and persuade the Department for Transport to reconsider service provision at Rugby when the franchise is due for renewal, and the Moderation of Competition rules are relaxed. Another possibility would be to hope that an open access operator would see the value in a service between Rugby and the North.

Full deatils of Chris Gibb's presentation to RRUG, and the subsequent discussion forum, can be found by selecting "Meeting minutes" from the Members' area menu, and then "Members' meeting notes".

The introduction of the Winter schedules has brought some changes to rolling stock workings, as detailed below.

Virgin Trains

The use of Pendolino trains on Birmingham to Glasgow and Edinburgh services, which was brought in to reduce overcrowding on that route in the Summer, has ended. Following the return of these trains to London-based services, the regular use of 5-car Voyagers on some Euston - Birmingham workings, including those serving Rugby, has ended. This will be welcomed by off-peak passengers from Rugby who have had to travel on overcrowded short trains.

London Midland / Southern

Following the delivery of more new trains from Bombardier Transport UK Ltd to the Thameslink route, Southern class 377 trains are beginning to reappear on the Milton Keynes - East Croydon service. This in turn will release more class 350s to work on London Midland services, allowing all but seven of the old class 321 trains to be returned off-lease for eventual use with other Train Operating Companies.

The winter schedules on Virgin and London Midland do not involve any actual timetable changes, only revised rolling stock working.

RRUG has been invited to submit comments on stage 1 of Warwickshire County Council's local transport plan.

Our submission can be found in the members' area of this website, under 'Correspondence'.

Virgin Trains have taken delivery of their refurbished set of Mark 3 locomotive hauled coaches. These have been painted in a similar livery to the Pendolinos, and have been refurbished internally. They will normally be hauled by a class 90 electric locomotive hired in from DB Schenker (formerly EWS), but can also work with a Virgin 'Thunderbird' class 57 diesel.

These coaches will normally work the Fridays only 18.46 relief train from Euston to Preston, which serves Rugby. For a while, they will also work some Euston - Birmingham trains pending the return of an accident-damaged Pendolino train. When not required for these duties, Virgin Trains have announced that these coaches will be available for charter train work.

The hotch-potch set of red and blue & grey coaches which Virgin were previously using have been returned off-lease to owners Cargo D.

We are continuing to press Virgin Trains for improvements to the contingency timetable which is introduced whenever there are line capacity problems on the West Coast main line.

It has become practice with the contingency timetable for the Virgin trains which normally call at Rugby (the xx.03 ex Euston) to be cancelled, and the following Wolverhampton service (at xx.23) to call there instead. This means passengers travelling between London and Rugby incur a 20 minute delay every time the contingency timetable operates. It also means that during peak hours the replacement trains are overcrowded because they not only carry displaced Rugby passengers, but all the other passengers to the West Midlands who would have travelled on the cancelled train. RRUG believes that it would cause less delay and ease overcrowding if, when the contingency timetable operates, a Rugby stop was added to the xx.07 Liverpol service instead. This would also provide a connection into the Trent Valley line service at Rugby, which otherwise is lost with the contingency tinmetable.

We have been in correspondence with Virgin Trains, who initially sent us a 'holding' letter saying they were waiting for the new timetable to settle in before investigating further. As the new timetable has now been in operation for four months, we wrote again to Virgin Trains suggesting they adopt the alteranative arrangements outlined above. We now have a response from Virgin Trains which, while not promising they will adopt our suggestions, do give an undertaking that the contingency tinmetable arrangements will be investigated further.

We also have had a similar response from London Midland about the new timetable in general and also their contingency arrangements.

Our correspondence with Virgin Trains and London Midland is available in the Correspondence section of Members' area of this website.

We are continuing to press Virgin Trains for improvements to the contingency timetable which is introduced whenever there are line capacity problems on the West Coast main line.

It has become practice with the contingency timetable for the Virgin trains which normally call at Rugby (the xx.03 ex Euston) to be cancelled, and the following Wolverhampton service (at xx.23) to call there instead. This means passengers travelling between London and Rugby incur a 20 minute delay every time the contingency timetable operates. It also means that during peak hours the replacement trains are overcrowded because they not only carry displaced Rugby passengers, but all the other passengers to the West Midlands who would have travelled on the cancelled train. RRUG believes that it would cause less delay and ease overcrowding if, when the contingency timetable operates, a Rugby stop was added to the xx.07 Liverpol service instead. This would also provide a connection into the Trent Valley line service at Rugby, which otherwise is lost with the contingency tinmetable.

We have been in correspondence with Virgin Trains, who initially sent us a 'holding' letter saying they were waiting for the new timetable to settle in before investigating further. As the new timetable has now been in operation for four months, we wrote again to Virgin Trains suggesting they adopt the alteranative arrangements outlined above. We now have a response from Virgin Trains which, while not promising they will adopt our suggestions, do give an undertaking that the contingency tinmetable arrangements will be investigated further.

We also have had a similar response from London Midland about the new timetable in general and also their contingency arrangements.

Our correspondence with Virgin Trains and London Midland is available in the Correspondence section of Members' area of this website.

We presented our snagging list of oustanding issues with the new station to representatives from Virgin Trains and Network Rail at a meeting on 23 March. We now have a response to several, but not all, of the points we raised. These are shown in italics on the Snagging list for Rugby station with VT responses.

Of particular interest was the commitment to completely rebuild the stairway to platform 1 to give seven steps per flight instead of eight, which we had raised as an urgent safety issue. This work has now been completed.

RRUG is continuing in its campaign to restore as many through trains as possible between Rugby, the North West and Scotland, following the withdrawal of almost all of these facilities in December 2008.

Whilst we recognise that requests for major changes to the timetable in the short term are unlikely to succeed, we have written to Chris Gibb, Chief Executive of Virgin Trains, to ask for an improvement to the southbound evening service. Whilst we have one morning train to Glasgow at 06.44, there is no corresponding southbound evening service. On Saturdays and Sundays, there is no through train from the North West to Rugby at all. We have therefore asked that these facilities be restored from the December 2009 timetable.

We appreciate that Virgin Trains and the Deparment for Transport are seeking to maximise revenue from their investment in the West Coast Main Line by providing as fast a service between London and Glasgow as possible. However, we believe that this consideration is less important at the extremes of the traffic day, and hope they will seriously consider our request. We will update this page when we get a reply.

It remains our aim to restore a regular service to the North West and Scotland as soon as possible. To this end we have commented about the loss of service in our response to Network Rail's draft Route Utlisation Strategy which is currently being prepared.

RRUG members can see a copy of the letter we have sent to Chris Gibb and also our submission to the West Coast Route Utilisation Strategy by logging in to the members' area and looking under 'Correspondence'.

Network Rail has announced a £50 million package of improvements for the West Coast Main Line. Among the initiatives are:
* specialist troubleshooters at 20 key locations on the route at the busiest times of the day
* a new maintenance organisation for the section between London and Rugby (the most heavily used part of the route)
* an accelerated replacement programme for the most unreliable equipment (not everything was replaced during the upgrade)
* more partols and monitoring equipment to combat cable theft
* closer management of faults to accelerate recovery from incidents.

This package of improvements follows much criticism of the infrastructure following completion of the West Coast Route Modernisation Project. It aims to improve performance of points, signalling and overhead line equipment, thereby increasing the reliability of the train service.

London commuters will be pleased to know that, following the removal of pointwork immediately south of Bletchley station on the fast lines, the associated speed restrictions at this point have now been withdrawn.

Pendolino and Voyager trains are therefore able to run at the full line speed of 125 mph through this area, instead of slowing down to 75 mph as at present.

A set of Mark 3 coaches is currently being refurbished at Wabtec in Doncaster for use as a spare train set for Virgin Trains. The coaches will be overhauled both mechanically and cosmetically, including the fitting of power points for mobile phones and, hopefully, wi-fi equipment. The coaches will be finished in a new livery similar to the Pendolinos. Pending the delivery of these coaches to Virgin Trains, a temporary set of Mark 3 coaches is in use, consisting of some ex Virgin vehicles and others hired in from Cargo-D. Both this temporary set and the refurbished set which will replace it when it arrives, will be hauled by a class 90 locomotive with a driving van trailer at the other end.

The temporary set is now in use, with the refurbished set expected to replace it later this Summer.

These coaches are currently being used on three Euston - Birmingham and return workings, because of a shortage of Pendolino trains (see separate item).

A Virgin Pendolino train is currently out of use following a low-speed collision and derailment in Wembley depot. This collision affected two Pendolino trains, one of which has now been returned to service. The other train has substantial bodyside damage and is expected to be out of use until August. As a result, Virgin Trains have announced the following alterations to rolling stock workings:

* 06.20 Rugby - Euston will be formed of a 5-car Voyager
* 07.43, 11.43 and 15.43 Euston - Birmingham will be formed of a locomotive hauled set (These trains do not call at Rugby)
* 09.30, 13.30 and 17.30 Birmingham - Euston will be formed of a locomotive hauled set (These trains do not call at Rugby)
* 18.46 Fridays only Euston - Preston will be formed of a 5-car Voyager.

These alterations will apply until further notice.

The stairs from the ticket office to platform 1 closed on 29 April for approximately four weeks. This is to enable safety improvement work to be carried out, which will include fewer steps in each flight and anti-slip measures on the treads.

While the work takes place, a temporary alternative staircase is in use outside the building. The lift will continue to provide direct access from the ticket office to the platform waiting area.

The DfT Rail Group has announced that Virgin Rail Projects has been awarded a "Notice to proceed" with the purchase of 62 Pendolino vehicles, which will enable 31 of the nine car sets to be lenghened to 11 cars. Additionally, four new 11 car trains will be built, bringing the total fleet to 56 trains (there were originally 53, but one train was written off following the Lambrigg derailment last year).

The trains will be in service by December 2012, which is after the current Virgin franchise ends. It is therefore possible that the new trains will enter service with another operator, and that is why the project is being managed by Virgin Rail Projects, rather than Virgin Trains itself. Either way, it is good news that much needed additional capacity will be provided, and it is to be hoped that the option to purchase another 42 vehicles to enable the rest of the fleet to be similarly lengthened, will also be taken up.

In connection with the new hourly service between London and Chester and an improved service into North Wales which is now in operation, Virgin Trains is reforming its class 221 'Super Voyager' 5-car diesel trains.

Each train is being reformed so the shop is in the coach next to First Class, although the shop itself will be at the far end of that carriage. The seats in this coach are also being rearranged mainly into groups of four at a table, so this accommodation can be used for either first or standard class travel as required by demand. These changes will also be made to the additional Voyager trains that Virgin is acquiring from Cross Country, as and when they are transferred.

The only one of these trains serving Rugby is the 08.46 from Rugby to Euston, which is formed of two 5-car Voyagers.

The Association of Train Operating Companies has made major changes to the ticketing system. This is intended to simplify the range of fares available and make it easier for passengers to understand.

There are three main types of ticket; 'Advance', 'Off-peak' and 'Anytime'. All tickets fall into one of these categories. These changes do not, in themselves, result in any changes to ticket prices.

For further deatils see Changes to ticket types - description and availability and also the National Rail new fares web page.

Passengers intending to buy tickets on-line are advised to use the relevant Train Operating Company websites. Supposedly 'neutral' sites such as The Train Line and Qjump charge a booking fee.

Regular travellers will be well aware that the new timetable has not settled in smoothly. Following a series of overhead line problems which caused severe disruption to train services between Sunday 4 January and Wednesday 7 January, there was further disruption the following week due to a number of train failures.

RRUG is most concerned that the contingency plans for dealing with such incidents do not serve Rugby passengers at all well, with cancelled trains and long gaps in the service.

We have written to Virgin Trains expressing our concerns and asking for the needs of Rugby passengers to be better catered for in the future. Please see the Letter to Virgin re service disruption - January 2009

Network Rail is to carry out an investigation into these incidents, and the Office of Rail Regulation has issued a press release stating that they are closely monitoring Network Rail's investigation, and will be expecting some answers.

You can read the ORR press release at ORR press release - OLE problems.

The final introduction of Virgin's full VHF timetable on the West Coast main line took place on Monday 16 February. Some London Midland services which were temporarily cancelled have been restored, and Southern's service via the West London Line has been extended to Milton Keynes.

The following alterations therefore apply on Mondays to Fridays, unless otherwise stated:

Virgin Trains

* xx.10 minutes past each hour from Euston to Chester or North Wales, and the corresponding return services now run throughout the day. These additional trains will also run on Saturdays.
* 16.30 Euston - Glasgow no longer calls at Rugby. Passengers should use the new 16.33 service.
* 16.33 Euston - Preston additional train, calling Rugby at 17.21.
* 08.15 Manchester - Euston additional train. (this train does not call at Rugby)
* 19.58 Preston - Euston additional train, calling Rugby at 21.27. (This is the return working of the 16.33 Euston)

London Midland

* 11.13, 12.13, 13.13 Euston - Northampton additional trains.
* 11.56, 12.56 and 13.56 Tring - Euston additional trains.

The additional stops temporarily inserted into other services in place of the above trains have been withdrawn.

Southern

* The East Croydon to Watford Junction service via the West London Line has been extended to Milton Keynes on Mondays to Saturdays.

Following recent discussions between RRUG and Network Rail over the condition of the stairway to platform 1 at Rugby station, Network Rail now agreed to carry out some safety improvements.

As a temporary measure, the slip resistance of the stair treads will be improved, and additional sections of handrail fitted.

In the longer term, cast iron nosing plates will be fitted to the treads, the stair tread itself will be increased by one inch and the step height will be increased accordingly. These improvements will take a while as there is a lead time of eight weeks to order the new nosing plates.

It is good news that Network Rail have taken on board our concerns - another success for RRUG!

Now that the new station has finally been completed, RRUG has complied a 'snagging list' of items relating to the new station which we believe need attention.

We have sent this list to Virgin Trains in the hope they will be able to resolve at least some of the issues fairly quickly. Other more major works, such as the egress from the lift onto platform 5, require major works and will take longer to resolve, always assuming our suggestions are accepted.

To view the complete list of suggested works, see Snagging list for Rugby station.

However, Network Rail has already agreed to carry out some safety improvements to the stairway to platform 1 - see the previous item.

Completion of most of the work associated with the West Coast Route Modernisation saw the introduction of the Virgin High Frequency timetable on Sunday 14 December. There are faster and more frequent trains between London, the West Midlands, North West England and Scotland. London Midland services have also been completely revised.
However, the effect on train services at Rugby is a mixture of benefits and disbenefits. These are summarised as follows.
Benefits
• Regular hourly through services to and from London throughout the day, with slightly reduced journey times
• In the evening peak, regular departures every half-hour from Euston to Rugby from 16.00 to 19.00
• Three trains per hour to and from Birmingham throughout the day, one of which will call at Coventry and Birmingham International only
• Three trains per hour to and from Northampton
• Reintroduction of regular services across Northampton, providing two through trains an hour to and from Milton Keynes and Watford Junction for most of the day
• New hourly service for most of day to Trent Valley line stations, Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe
• Reintroduction of regular weekend services, based on weekday frequencies.
Disbenefits
• Loss of almost all through trains to and from North West England and Scotland
• One fewer train to London during the morning peak period between 07.00 and 08.00
• Loss of almost all remaining Virgin services between Rugby and Milton Keynes/Watford Junction
• Loss of connections at Watford Junction to Gatwick Airport (the Southern service has been cut back to East Croydon).

The following links provide a summary of the new peak time service to and from London and Birmingham. Full details of the new services are available from the National Rail Journey Planner

Rugby - Birmingham times Dec 08
Rugby - Euston times Dec 08

A summary of of fares and miscellaneous charges affecting Rugby rail users as at January 2008, together with comparisons of previous years, is now available.

Please see Fares and charges - January 2008

The Rugby Railway Circle meets in the Upstairs Room of the United Railwayman's Club, Spring Street, Rugby, starting at 20.00. Admission is £1.50.

Future meetings are as follows:
* Tuesday 6 April. A history of the West Coast main line in Rugby. Talk and presentation by Stephen Weston.
* Tuesday 4th May. PSOV 2009 video show. Digital presentation by David Richards and Karl Jauncey.
* Tuesday 1st June. Slide show of the Great Central by Chris Youett.

All are welcome. Further details of the Rugby Railway Circle are available by telephoning Chris Pratt on 01788 812896.