Getting from Worcester to Rugby means crossing the West Midlands: about 61 miles by road, or around an hour and a half by train with a change at Birmingham New Street. Worcester also has two stations, and which one you leave from changes your options more than you might think.
Worcester to Apart Hotel Rugby at a glance
- From Foregate Street
- 1 hour 31 minutes on the departures at 24 minutes past the hour, via Birmingham New Street.
- From Shrub Hill
- 1 hour 30 minutes to just over 2 hours, sometimes with an extra change.
- Last same-night train
- 22:06 from Foregate Street, arriving in Rugby at 23:43.
- By road
- About 61 miles: the M5, the M42, then the M6 to Junction 1.
- Rugby station
- A walk of about ten minutes to our building.
The train at 24 minutes past, from Foregate Street
On the timetable for Tuesday 15 September 2026, Worcester Foregate Street has one departure an hour that keeps things simple. The 08:24, 09:24, 10:24 and 11:24 each reach Birmingham New Street at nine minutes past the following hour and connect with a Rugby train twelve minutes later. The evening 18:24 and 19:24 follow the same pattern, and every one of them takes 1 hour 31 minutes.
| Station | Leaves | Change at | Arrives Rugby | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foregate Street | 08:24 | Birmingham New Street | 09:55 | 1 h 31 min |
| Foregate Street | 08:54 | Birmingham New Street | 10:45 | 1 h 51 min |
| Shrub Hill | 09:15 | Worcestershire Parkway, New Street | 10:45 | 1 h 30 min |
| Shrub Hill | 07:57 | Birmingham New Street | 09:45 | 1 h 48 min |
| Foregate Street | 19:24 | Birmingham New Street | 20:55 | 1 h 31 min |
| Foregate Street | 22:06 | Birmingham New Street | 23:43 | 1 h 37 min |
Two stations, one arrival time. The 09:15 from Shrub Hill goes via Worcestershire Parkway and Birmingham New Street and gets to Rugby at 10:45. So does the 08:54 from Foregate Street, which leaves 21 minutes earlier. If Shrub Hill is closer to you, that is a free lie-in.
After the 22:06, the next departures on that Tuesday don’t reach Rugby until the following morning. Check the connection at New Street on National Rail Enquiries before you set off.
Driving from Worcester
Two route planners agree on about 61 miles from central Worcester to our door. The motorway route goes up the M5, across on the M42, joins the M6 at the M42’s Junction 7A and leaves it at Junction 1 for Rugby. Almost all of it is motorway, which makes the drive predictable outside rush hour, although we don’t quote a time.
When you arrive, six guest parking spaces behind the building are available on a first-come, first-served basis and monitored by CCTV. Parking on Railway Terrace is free overnight, from 18:00 to 08:00.
Is it worth staying the night?
At an hour and a half each way at best, Rugby is a long day trip from Worcester. Staying tends to make sense in a few situations.
- Visiting family in Rugby for more than an afternoon, with a kitchenette so nobody has to cook for you.
- A trade show at Stoneleigh Park, which our exhibitors’ page covers in detail.
- Moving to the Rugby area, with a few weeks between homes. Read our house move guide.
Your room in Rugby
You will have a kitchenette in the room, a guest laundry that costs nothing on the first floor, and a clean once a week if the stay runs to seven nights. Pick from 16 rooms on our rooms page; pets, cancellation and arrival times are all explained in our guest guide and hotel policies.
Worcester to Rugby: questions and answers
Which Worcester station is better for trains to Rugby?
On the timetable we checked, Foregate Street had the most consistent option: the departure at 24 minutes past each hour, taking 1 hour 31 minutes via Birmingham New Street. Journeys from Shrub Hill ranged from 1 hour 30 minutes to just over 2 hours.
How late can I leave Worcester and still get to Rugby that night?
Leave Foregate Street by 22:06. That train connects at Birmingham New Street and gets into Rugby at 23:43; later departures on the 15 September 2026 timetable don’t arrive until morning.
How far is the drive from Worcester to Rugby?
Roughly 61 miles door to door from central Worcester, almost entirely motorway: the M5 first, then the M42, then the M6.
Travelling over from Worcester?
Pick your nights on our booking page. The code DIRECT goes in before you confirm.
Behind the numbers (10 September 2026): we pulled the Foregate Street and Shrub Hill departures, plus each connection at New Street, from the traintimes.org.uk timetable for Tuesday 15 September 2026. Both OSRM and Valhalla returned about 61 miles for the drive and the same motorway sequence, M5 to M42 to M6, which is why we are confident quoting the figure.
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