Recently travelled to Skegness by train, fascinating journey, Victorian infrastructure at its finest!
Train stopped at numerous tiny halts and very few boarding and alighting.
This got me thinking during my two hour journey from Nottingham:
Which stations have the lowest ratio of passengers per station call?
E.g
A station with 10 stopping trains per day may get 50 passengers per day - average 5 pax per train.
There may be a station with over 100 calls per day but possibly only 400 pax - average 4 per train.
I guess a supplementary question would be to include request stop stations such as Roman Bridge, Forsinard etc.
I look forward to the responses!
Only for fun of course!
The Skegness line halts either serve school children, have a limited general flow or are basically historical leftovers.
Netherfield - little appetite for improvement due to poor road access and no disabled access but does have a number of people using it either in the peaks or for leisure flows (it's not unusual to pick up large groups heading for a day out in Skegness in the summer on the 0845 off Nottingham for example.as there's a well timed return train leaving Skegness at 1814).
Radcliffe - has had some improvements but has a comparatively good bus service so usage isn't great.
Elton and Orston - one or two occasional users. Not particularly well located and remote. Nearest feature of interest is an Indian restaurant. One of the few stations I know where it's totally forbidden to stop in the dark if the lighting fails in case you fall and hurt yourself and nobody finds you (I kid you not).
Ancaster - primarily school kids to Sleaford. Some commuters to Grantham and further afield.
Rauceby - school kids to Sleaford.
Swineshead - school kids to Sleaford.
Hubbert's Bridge - limited use to/from Boston and Sleaford, a small handful of school kids (much less than the other stations) and a few regular leisure passengers from Boston.
Thorpe Culvert and Havenhouse - there's very little at either. There's a couple of sporadic users at Thorpe Culvert but often they buy tickets to Wainfleet anyway - they often cycle to one of the other depending on time. Havenhouse has one or two farms nearby. The use can be described as occasional campers or people heading into Skegness if the car is off the road or similar.
Netherfield, Radcliffe, Ancaster and Rauceby could potentially do well out of a decent service (urban traffic issues could see a sensibly priced train picking up traffic at the first two, and there's significant housing growth at the latter two).
Swineshead - everyone drives. Schoolkids are catered for at the appropriate time of day.
Hubbert's Bridge - nothing much to build on. Stopping trains towards Sleaford cause big traffic problems owing to the level crossing.
Thorpe Culvert, Havenhouse, Elton and Orston - nothing much there any more.
