London and Birmingham Railway

London and Birmingham Railway

This line is open. It received its act in 1833, was opened in 1838 and it now forms part of the West Coast Main Line.

The company merged on 1 Jan 1846 with the Grand Junction Railway (opened 1837) and the Birmingham and Manchester Railway to form the London and North Western Railway.

Description of route

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From London Euston to Birmingham Curzon Street.

Some locations along the line;

Birmingham Curzon Street
Adderley Park
Stetchford
Lea Hall
Marston Green
Birmingham International
(Hampton Jnct for Tamworth - faces south)
Hampton in Arden
Berkswell and Balsall
(Jnct for Leamington Spa - faces west)
Tile Hill
Canley
(Jnct for Nuneaton - faces east)
Coventry
(Jnct for Leamington Spa - faces west)
(Jnct for Nuneaton - faces east)
Brandon & Wolston
(Jncts for Leamington Spa (to south), Nuneaton, Leicester (both to north) - faces east)
Rugby
(Jncts for Market Harborough, Northapton (to north, to east) - faces west)
Welton
(Jnct for Leamington Spa - faces south)
Weedon
(Jnct for Northampton (to north), Towcester (to south) - faces south)
Blisworth
(Jnct for Northampton - faces south)
Castlethorpe
Wolverton
Milton Keynes Central
(Jnct for Newport Pagnel - faces north)
(Jnct for Bedford - faces south)
Bletchley
(Jnct for Oxford - faces north)
Leighton Buzzard
(Jnct for Dunstable - faces nrth)
Cheddington
(Jnct for Aylesbury - faces north)
Tring
Berkhamsted
Hemel Hempstead and Boxmoor
Apsley
King’s Langley and Abbots Langley
(Jnct for St Albas - faces south)
Watford High Street
Bushy & Oxhey
(Jnct for Rickman’s Worth - faces north)
Carpender’s Park
Hatch End
Headstone Lane
[Stanmore] - is htis on a branch from harrow?
Harrow and Wealdstone
Wembley Central
Willesden Jnct
London Euston

Page created on 19/11/1999
Page last edited on 01/07/2002
E-mail to : Ewan Crawford