 The largest single engineering feature of the line was the Shugborough Tunnel near Stafford.The Trent Valley line was opened to a limited service of local passenger trains and through goods trains on 15 September 1847, to local goods trains on 20 October 1847 (the delay due to the goods-handling facilities at the stations not being completed) and finally to all through traffic on 1 December 1847.It is now part of what is called the West Coast Main Line.