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 Rugby 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Rugby had 1,913,342 entries and exits, making it the 251st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
251/2575
It ranked 298th busiest (out of 997), with 1,054 scheduled services per week.
298/997
That's a daily average of 5242.03 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 34.91 passengers per service*, giving it the 172nd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
172/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 5737.27 passengers passing through the station and 41.51 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: 402,390
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,243,008
Season ticket entries & exits: 267,944
Total entries & exits: 1,913,342
Interchanges made between connecting services: 180,763
Change in usage from 21/22: +217,188 : 12.80%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1270981
23481265
3196712
43571298
53001090
6190690
*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
003Crewe, Birmingham & Coventry - LondonOct24
179Crewe, Stoke & Stafford - Rugeley - Nuneaton & LondonOct24
185Birmingham - Water Orton - NuneatonOct24
187Birmingham - Birmingham International - Coventry - NorthamptonOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +1,135,744 (+146.06%)

Reasons for change:
2011-12 Continues high growth from previous year
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: Rugby
CRS: RUG / NLC: 1087 / TIPLOC(S): RUGBY
Station Facility Owner: Avanti West Coast
OS Grid Ref: 451118 275943
Constituency: Rugby
Local Authority: Warwickshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: LEC1 82m 39ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Rugby during 2022/2023:
•London Euston (346,440 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (183,215 journeys)
•Coventry (146,142 journeys)
•Birmingham International (39,664 journeys)
•Northampton (31,296 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Rugby's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Coventry11.46
Long Buckby9.40
Nuneaton14.54
Wolverton30.16