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 Rugeley Trent Valley 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Rugeley Trent Valley had 154,780 entries and exits, making it the 1,398th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1398/2575
It ranked 481st busiest (out of 997), with 676 scheduled services per week.
481/997
That's a daily average of 424.05 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 4.40 passengers per service*, giving it the 1,301st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1301/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 525.9 passengers passing through the station and 6.52 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 31,494
Reduced price entries & exits: 109,376
Season ticket entries & exits: 13,910
Total entries & exits: 154,780
Interchanges made between connecting services: 37,174
Change in usage from 21/22: +6,858 : 4.64%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Up Slow145527
Down Fast132479
Branch90327
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
179Crewe, Stoke & Stafford - Rugeley - Nuneaton & LondonOct24
181Rugeley - Walsall - BirminghamOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +152,919 (+8,217.03%)

Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2009-10 Improved timetable introduced in December 2008
2010-11 Build up of traffic due new regular service (started Dec 2008)
2011-12 Main portion of increase due to improved demand estimation in Centro area (extra 21,000 entries and exits in Centro infill compared to what would have been estimated using previous methodology)
2013-14 Reason for increase unclear
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location Details

Location: Rugeley Trent Valley
CRS: RGL / NLC: 1084 / TIPLOC(S): COLWICH, RUGL
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 404830 319120
Constituency: Lichfield
Local Authority: Staffordshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: LEC2 124m 22ch, RRN2 14m 52ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Rugeley Trent Valley during 2022/2023:
•London Euston (21,449 journeys)
•Stafford (11,773 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (8,759 journeys)
•Tamworth (2,422 journeys)
•Lichfield Trent Valley (2,338 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Rugeley Trent Valley's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Lichfield Trent Valley8.01
Rugeley Town1.28
Stone (Staffs)14.49
Stafford9.28