Rugeley Trent Valley railway station

Rugeley Trent Valley
Rugeley Trent Valley station looking north from Platform 3. A Freightliner Class 86 bolts through RGL with freight
Location
Place	Rugeley
Local authority	Lichfield
Operations
Station code	RGL
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	3
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	7,731
2005/06 *	6,767
2006/07 *	11,314
2007/08 *	11,854
2008/09 *	20,324
2009/10 *	53,028
History
Opened 15 September 1847 (15 September 1847)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rugeley Trent Valley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Rugeley Trent Valley (IATA: XRG) is a railway station located on the outskirts of Rugeley in Staffordshire, England. It is one of two stations in Rugeley, the other being Rugeley Town. London Midland operates the station, and all trains serving it; a passenger-operated self-service ticket machine has been placed at the station entrance (which is on the southbound (Rugby-bound) platform).

It is a minor station on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line. It is also the junction with the Chase Line from Birmingham & Walsall.

The station in 1958

Locomotive naming

The station was the location of The Queen's naming of Class 67 locomotive No. 67029 Royal Diamond, marking her diamond wedding anniversary with Prince Phillip, on the 12th October 2007.

Services

London Midland operate an hourly daytime service from the station to London Euston and Crewe. This service is reduced to five trains per day on Sundays. The station is also served by a local service to Cannock, Walsall and Birmingham on the Chase Line which run half hourly and hourly on Weekdays, half hourly on Saturdays and hourly on Sundays.

External links

• Train times and station information for Rugeley Trent Valley railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		London Midland Chase Line		Rugeley Town
Stafford		London Midland West Coast Main Line		Lichfield Trent Valley