Not true - all stations have a platform. Some are relatively low compared to modern standards so have steps to help if passengers need them.
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Smallest and Least used stations in the UK
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Not true - all stations have a platform. Some are relatively low compared to modern standards so have steps to help if passengers need them.
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Shame the good traction isn't there to go with it anymore
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So similar to some on the Blaenau Ffestiniog line then.
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Its not in the Fens. Your about 50 miles out. The Broads
Shippea Hill in the Fens is pretty remote too.
Now and again we get the odd punter at Manea. Lakenheath has slightly picked up with Twitchers ising the RSPB reserve
Polesworth on the West Coast north of Nuneaton may not be remote but the train service it receives certainly is - One train per day at 0722 northbound and no service at all southbound (slight problem of a mssing footbridge to the up platform!!)
Also thanks to the OP who posted the link to the passenger usage stats - I knew they existed but couldn't find them. Bit of work in the Excel spreadsheet and you get a list of stations.
Calv
Also thanks to the OP who posted the link to the passenger usage stats - I knew they existed but couldn't find them. Bit of work in the Excel spreadsheet and you get a list of stations.
Calv
Thats because the station wasn't even open until 2 years after the reporting period finished!
I think that's right. I'm not aware of "no platforms" existing at all in the UK. However, up that way, many stations are so small and rarely used that a pair of steps is far more economical than building a new platform for about 200 people a year.
Even Dunkeld & Birnam has a set handy I think, possibly for all the genteel old ladies heading to the Hydro!
dk1
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Berney arms looks goodone service each way a day... quite high compared to some! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berney_Arms_railway_station
Berney Arms is quite well used compared to some. We have several walkers on/off especially on Sunday's (the most frequently served day of the week) & occasionally the owners of the pub. There is also an annual Berney Arms reunion for those who used to live there & this attracts around 50 passengers.
Lakenheath is slightly better as somebody else pointed out due to the nearby RSPB reserve (Buckenham has not faired anywhere near as well) & Shippea Hill has for the last three years had two daily school children for Thetford. They are picked up at Ely on treturn as no service calls.
dk1
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Was a mecca back in 1991 when Ely North Junction was re-modelled. It, Ely & the temporary station built at Chettisham on the Peterborough line became the triangle of RR link
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Define platform. I would argue that in no way is http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/sjp/KIL/images/photos/800/o2250-0000011.jpg a platform since it is 6inches-1ft above track and no more.
"A horizontal surface raised above the adjacent area" is the first dictionary definition that Google leads me to. It's a platform.
Have a look at some stations in the further reaches of Europe if you want to see what a true station without platforms is like!
The 'Harrington hump' has been developed to sort out the low platform problem.Basically its a purpose built two way ramp that has a small platform in the middle at train door height.Its far cheaper than raising the whole platform conventionally.Its called the Harrington Hump because that is the station on which it was first used.
Incidentally to bring us back on thread,this station is located on the Cumbrian coast line,a line which in my opinion is one of the finest for scenery in the country and ticks a few of the boxes our original postee requires.A great line and a must for anyone visiting the area.
Incidentally to bring us back on thread,this station is located on the Cumbrian coast line,a line which in my opinion is one of the finest for scenery in the country and ticks a few of the boxes our original postee requires.A great line and a must for anyone visiting the area.
Lampshade
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Not really, Whaley Bridge gets around 70-80,000 passengers a year, Buxton gets 250,000+
Angel Road springs to mind
Agree - it's not near much, access is tortuous, and the local bus services are more convenient for most potential users.
Roding Valley is currently the least used Underground station. Before it closed in the 1980s, Blake Hall (between North Weald and Ongar) had single-figure daily passenger numbers.
Roding Valley is currently the least used Underground station. Before it closed in the 1980s, Blake Hall (between North Weald and Ongar) had single-figure daily passenger numbers.
What about Bordesley. It only has a service on a Saturday when Birmingham City play home fixtures. It must be quite unique in being in an area with massive population but hardly any trains. Most of these suggestions are remote, this is near the heart of one of the largest UK cities.
I don't know how many passengers Southease station has, but it can't have many, and it must be one of the best served low usage stations. Five trains stop there between 7am and 8.32am weekdays, and thats just in the northbound direction. Theres an hourly service for most of the day, and theres nothing there except a couple of farms, and a small village about half a mile away.
anthony263
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Pilling, which i am sure only gets served on saturdays with 1 train in each direction
surely you mean pilning? service to that station is a disgrace in all honestly, but it apparently saves it from closure.
Which is probably why it has such a rubbish service. Very short journeys are better served by bus, with its better frequencies (especially close to city centres), and generally being closer to housing. Unless the station in question serves something that people from out of town might want to commute to, it is unlikely to have a good service (or the service it does have will be relatively under-utilised).
Is it actually still open?
SussexSpotter
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Faygate inbetween Horsham and Crawley on the Arun Valley line.
KendalKing
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Pilling station was closed in 1963!, and the track was lifted soon afterwards.
Aye, just the two trains on a Saturday. A group of people went there a while back to highlight how stupid the situation is, think it is still on Wikipedia.
Did they have a long wait for the train back?
I've said it before, possibly even earlier on this thread, that I happened to catch the train that stopped at Teesside Airport one Saturday (and it was before they increased the service to one in each direction) and about six people, in three separate groups were actually waiting to get on.
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