Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line

Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line
Birmingham loop
Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line ; Birmingham loop
	A London Northwestern Railway Class 350 at Berkswell, April 2025
Overview
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	West Midlands (region); Warwickshire; West Midlands; Wolverhampton; Staffordshire
Termini	Rugby; Stafford;
Stations	21
History
Opened	1854 (complete route)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Route map
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West Coast Main Line

Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway

Stafford to Wellington line

Walsall–Wolverhampton line

Victoria Basin

Wolverhampton

(High Level)

Wolverhampton Low Level

Wolverhampton & Walsall Rly

Walsall–Wolverhampton line

Birmingham Snow Hill to

Wolverhampton Low Level Line

Wolverhampton Steel Terminal

Chillington Wharf

West Midlands Metro

Monmore Green

Ettingshall Road

Deepfields and Coseley

(1852–1902)

Coseley

Oxford, Worcester and

Wolverhampton Railway

Princes End branch line

Tipton

South Staffordshire line

Smethwick Galton Bridge

Birmingham to Worcester

via Kidderminster line

Smethwick Rolfe Street

Soho

Chase Line

Soho EMU Depot

Winson Green

Harborne branch line

Monument Lane

Cross Country Route /

Cross-City Line

Birmingham New Street

Chiltern Main Line

Curzon Street

Cross-City Line / Chase Line

Camp Hill line

Birmingham–Peterborough line

and Cross Country Route

to Aston

Birmingham International

Stonebridge Railway

Berkswell Loop

Coventry to Nuneaton line

Coventry

Coventry–Leamington line

Coventry Loop Line

Brandon and Wolston

West Coast Main Line

(Trent Valley line)

Leamington–Rugby line

Midland Counties Railway

Rugby

Rugby and Stamford Railway

Great Central Main Line

Northampton loop

West Coast Main Line

The Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line (also known as the Birmingham loop) is a railway line in the West Midlands of England. It is a loop off the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Rugby and Stafford, via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The direct route between Rugby and Stafford is the Trent Valley line.