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Marton
Site of the former station at Marton, Warwickshire, in January 2010
General information
Location	Marton, Rugby England
Coordinates	52°18′32″N 1°23′45″W / 52.30893°N 1.39572°W / 52.30893; -1.39572
Grid reference	SP412680
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	LNWR
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 March 1851	Station opens
1 July 1853	Name changed to Marton for Southam
October 1860	Name changed back to Marton
15 June 1959	Station closes for passengers
3 July 1961	Station closes for freight
Location

Marton railway station was a railway station serving Marton in the English county of Warwickshire on the Rugby to Leamington line.

Among the many schemes to build a line between Rugby 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 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 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

1. "Marton Station".
2. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens

External links

• Marton Station on navigable 1954 O. S. map
• Marton Station on Warwickshire Railways
• LNWR Map

• 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