The station was opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1847, a line from Cannock reached Rugeley Trent Valley in 1859. These services, later known as the Chase Line, was ended in the 1960s. Services on this line were restored to Rugeley Trent Valley in 1998. The station gained the suffix Trent Valley in 1870 though lost it in 1968 until it was restored four years later! The station also became unstaffed in 1972 [1].
The station used to have a goods yard but this has now gone, as have the original station buildings which were fairly extensive. The station's facilities now just consist of a couple of bus shelters and some screens! Access between the platforms is via a footbridge. The station is served and managed by London North Western Railway.
View from atop the footbridge
Freightliner 66 520 heads through
A LNWR 350 arrives with a terminating Chase Line service
