The Least Used Stations in Great Britain
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Scotscalder Kildonan Invershin Culrain Achanalt Lochluichart The Least Used Stations in Great Britain Least Used Stations Since 2010 (Annual passengers) 2009/10 Coombe Junction (42) 2014/15 Shippea Hill (22) 2010/11 Teesside Airport (18) 2015/16 Shippea Hill (12) Beasdale 2011/12 Teesside Airport (14) 2016/17 Barry Links (24) 2012/13 Teesside Airport (8) 2017/18 British Steel Redcar (40) 2013/14 Teesside Airport (8) 2018/19 Denton / Stanlow & Thornton (46) Statistics Fluctuations The passenger usage statistics are Due to passengers numbers changing year on year there is often a generated yearly by the Office of ‘battle’ for last place with two stations regularly swapping places Rail and Road, and are usually as to which is the least used. published in the first week of Golf Street December for the previous April - Bedfordshire Barry Links March period. It was Kempston Hardwick in 2014/15 before changing to Aspley Guise for two years, but went back in 2017/18 to being Kempston Hardwick. This map covers the period for: - Devon April 2018 March 2019. Is Sampford Courtenay but has often been Chapelton over the years and these two stations often compete for the title of least used Devon. County Definitions England is made up of 48 ceremonial counties Dorset also known as geographic counties. Is almost always Chetnole - apart from 2016/17 that is when Thornford popped up and was the least used for that period. Wales currently has 22 modern day Principal Areas but for this map we have used the 8 East Riding of Yorkshire Breich preserved counties, otherwise the areas are so small some would have just two stations in, and Was for the 2016/17 period Wressle, but before that and now is to have a ‘Least Used’ out of two would be odd! Rawcliffe. Similarly Scotland has 32 modern day Unitary Lincolnshire Areas, but if these were to be used it would Is almost always Havenhouse ... except that is for the 2017/18 period produce oddities in which some of them only when Thorpe Culvert had less passengers. have one station, and some have none at all! Shropshire So instead we’ve opted just to show the Top 10 It’s not always Broome - for the 2017/18 period, it was the station one least used stations in Scotland. stop down the line Hopton Heath that was the least used here. Warwickshire NORTHUMBERLAND Polesworth almost always has the title here, except for the 2016/17 period, when Bearley had less passengers. Acklington TYNE & WEAR Manors COUNTY DURHAM Teesside Airport CUMBRIA Nethertown NORTH YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING LANCASHIRE WEST YORKSHIRE YORKSHIRE Hensall Rawcliffe Hoscar Pontefract Baghill GREATER SOUTH MANCHESTER YORKSHIRE MERSEYSIDE Denton Darnall LINCOLNSHIRE Upton Stanlow & DERBYSHIRE Thornton CLWYD NOTTINGHAM Havenhouse Dolgarrog CHESHIRE SHIRE Elton & Longport Orston Peartree GWYNEDD Boesford Tygwyn STAFFORDSHIRE NORFOLK LEICESTERSHIRE RUTLAND SHROPSHIRE Oakham Buckenham Broome WEST MIDLANDS Polesworth Bordesley Shippea Hill NORTHAMPTON Lakenheath CAMBRIDGESHIRE POWYS Hartlebury SHIRE Sugar Loaf WARWICKSHIRE WORCESTER BEDFORD DYFED SHIRE Kings SHIRE SUFFOLK Cynghordy HEREFORDSHIRE Colwall Suon Kempston Hardwick BUCKINGHAM HERTFORD ESSEX SHIRE SHIRE Gilfach Finstock Pontarddulais MID Fargoed GLOUCESTERSHIRE WEST Lile Park Street White GLAMORGAN Kimble Notley GLAMORGAN Maesteg GWENT OXFORDSHIRE (Ewenny Road) GREATER Pilning LONDON Whitchurch SOUTH St Andrews Midgham South GLAMORGAN Road BERKSHIRE Greenford BRISTOL WILTSHIRE SURREY Dilton Swale Bruton Marsh HAMPSHIRE Betchworth KENT SOMERSET EAST Faygate SUSSEX DEVON Beaulieu Road WEST Doleham Chetnole SUSSEX Sampford DORSET Courtenay Smallbrook Jcn CORNWALL ISLE OF WIGHT Coombe Jcn Least Used Stations Map 2018/19 Version 1.8 May 2020 © Geoff Marshall / All The Stations.