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 Rugeley Town 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Rugeley Town had 119,846 entries and exits, making it the 1,528th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1528/2575
It ranked 645th busiest (out of 997), with 443 scheduled services per week.
645/997
That's a daily average of 328.35 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 5.20 passengers per service, giving it the 1,241st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1241/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 43,818
Reduced price entries & exits: 59,168
Season ticket entries & exits: 16,860
Total entries & exits: 119,846
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +14,006 : 13.23%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
188320
288320
*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
181Rugeley - Walsall - BirminghamOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +47,159 (+64.88%)

Reasons for change:
2011-12 Main portion of increase due to improved demand estimation in Centro area (extra 22,000 entries and exits in Centro infill compared to what would have been estimated using previous methodology)
2017-18 Engineering works in 2017-18
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 Town
CRS: RGT / NLC: 1135 / TIPLOC(S): RUGLTWN
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 404351 317449
Constituency: Cannock Chase
Local Authority: Staffordshire
NR Region: West Midlands
, RRN2 13m 27ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Rugeley Town during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (34,567 journeys)
•Walsall (5,118 journeys)
•Cannock (4,580 journeys)
•Hednesford (3,208 journeys)
•Birmingham International (1,863 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Rugeley Town's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Hednesford4.16
Rugeley Trent Valley1.28