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.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.
It ranked 481st busiest (out of 997), with 676 scheduled services per week.
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.
* 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. | Metres | VF* | Notes |
Up Slow | 145 | 527 | |
Down Fast | 132 | 479 | |
Branch | 90 | 327 |
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)
Service Patterns
Current Timetables
Table | Description | Timetable |
179 | Crewe, Stoke & Stafford - Rugeley - Nuneaton & London | Oct24 |
181 | Rugeley - Walsall - Birmingham | Oct24 |
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.
Usage History
Change between 1997 & 2023: +152,919 (+8,217.03%)
Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station2009-10 Improved timetable introduced in December 20082010-11 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 unclear2020-21 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
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.
•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.Station | Miles |
Lichfield Trent Valley | 8.01 |
Rugeley Town | 1.28 |
Stone (Staffs) | 14.49 |
Stafford | 9.28 |