Description:A postcard view of Rugeley Town Station which was opened by the South Staffordshire Railway on the line between Rugeley and Walsall on 1 June 1870.
There was initially much confusion between this station, originally called Rugeley (Trent Valley),and the other Rugeley station on the Trent Valley line, north of the town centre. In 1917 the T.V.R. station was renamed Rugeley (Trent Valley) and this station was renamed Rugeley Town.
The station closed in 1965 (as part of the Beeching cuts), however, the line remained open for freight. Rugeley Town station re-opened in 1997 as part of the Chase line with passenger services to Walsall. In later years due to increased passenger traffic Network Rail planned an electrification scheme to invest around £100 million pounds to upgrade the Chase line. This work was expected to start from 2013 until 2017 to electrify all the Chase line from Rugeley Trent Valley to Walsall.