Countryside landscape along railway tracks towards the decomissioned Rugeley Power Station in Rugeley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. The Rugeley power stations were a series of two coal-fired power stations located on the River Trent at Rugeley in Staffordshire. The first power station on the site, Rugeley A power station was opened in 1961, but has since been closed and demolished. Rugeley B power station was commissioned in 1970 and closed on 8 June 2016.