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Runaway Mine Train — wait times

Runaway Mine Train at Alton Towers. Closed right now.

Busiest around 4pm (about 34 min) and quietest around 10am (about 9 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Sunday averages the longest queue, at about 34 minutes.

Closed during 8% of the readings taken while the park was fully open. The feed does not say why, so that covers refurbishment and weather as well as breakdowns.

The longest queue we have recorded is 70 minutes on 2026-10-26, the shortest 5 minutes on 2026-08-14.

Typical wait through the day

10am9 min33 readings
11am19 min48 readings
12pm26 min57 readings
1pm29 min40 readings
2pm28 min37 readings
3pm27 min55 readings
4pm34 min31 readings
5pm30 min26 readings
6pm31 min21 readings
7pm25 min24 readings

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