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What's running through Rugeley Trent Valley today?

Explore booked passenger trains and freight at Rugeley Trent Valley today. Timetable entries show what is expected, not a record of trains observed. 17 October 2026

QuietInterest Score 3.0 / 10

One unusual movement today — Diesel-hauled isn't commonly seen here.

106 trains0 passenger0 freight2 classes2 operators

The selected timetable contains 106 movements at Rugeley Trent Valley on 17 October 2026. Each entry is a booked call or pass at this railway location. The same service can appear on other location pages. Train types are inferred from planning data and can change on the day.

What's worth watching

106 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

06:30–07:307 trains

0 passenger0 freight7 other1 types

06:31arr0B00
HEDNESFORD → RUGELEY TRENT VALLEY
West Midlands Railway
Other
06:32dep0B00
RUGELEY TRENT VALLEY → HEDNESFORD
West Midlands Railway
Other
06:54arr0B00
HEDNESFORD → RUGELEY TRENT VALLEY
West Midlands Railway
Other
07:02dep0B00
RUGELEY TRENT VALLEY → HEDNESFORD
West Midlands Railway
Other
07:16arr0B00
HEDNESFORD → RUGELEY TRENT VALLEY
West Midlands Railway
Other
07:21arr0B00
STAFFORD → RUGBY
West Midlands Railway
Other
07:28arr0B00
RUGBY → STAFFORD
West Midlands Railway
Other

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16:00–17:007 trains

0 passenger0 freight7 other2 types

07:30–08:306 trains

0 passenger0 freight6 other1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallTuesday00:45–01:45

Best for freightTuesday00:45–01:45

Best for varietyMonday00:45–01:45

Most unusualTuesday00:45–01:45

The weekend is quieter — around 32% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.0	106	0	16:00–17:00
Sunday 18	1.9	54	0	12:45–13:45
Monday 19	4.3	117	4	00:45–01:45
Tuesday 20	4.4	118	5	00:45–01:45
Wednesday 21	4.3	117	4	00:45–01:45

Scored from the booked timetable for each upcoming date. Short-notice changes (VSTP, engineering work) added closer to the day aren't reflected yet, so a date further out is a rougher guide than tomorrow.

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

106 trains are booked here today — about the same as a typical Saturday.

Trains a day114typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour06:00on a weekday

Best dayMondaySaturday at weekends

Around 4.8 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 14:00, 06:00, 07:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday117 on average
Tuesday115 on average
Wednesday115 on average

What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Class 730 EMU111 workings
Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU83 workings
Diesel-hauled7 workings

Planned operators

West Midlands Railway194 workings

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Booked timetable entries from the previous 7 days, independent of the selected date above. These are not observations of trains that actually ran.

17 Oct3S02
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct5Q27
—
GB Railfreight · Class 350 EMU
16 Oct5Q28
—
GB Railfreight · Class 350 EMU

Recent booked movements

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Hour	Weekday	Weekend	of which freight
00:00	2	1	0
01:00	0	0	0
02:00	0	0	0
03:00	0	0	0
04:00	0	0	0
05:00	2	1	0
06:00	7	4	0
07:00	7	3	0
08:00	6	3	0
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What's running through Rugeley Trent Valley today?

What's worth watching

At a glance

Most trains

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The week ahead

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week

What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Recent booked movements

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The week ahead

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What runs here

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Planned operators

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Uncommon in the timetable