Smallest and Least used stations in the UK

[4SRKT]

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.

Did they look like they'd been waiting long?

 

[trickyvegas]

Middlewood, on the Manchester Picadilly-Buxton line. Although plenty of trains stop there, I seldom see anyone get on or off there, it is literally in the middle of a wood and with at least a mile walk by foot to the nearest road.

 

[Lampshade]

Middlewood used to have two stations hock:

I've seen people get on/off there and it's quite heavily used compared with other small stations - but one has to wonder where they've come from/intend to go.

 

[4SRKT]

There's always Corrour, which is celebrated for having no road access and no people living anywhere near it. The population of the postcode area PA34 (Corrour) in the 2001 census was 9. This covers an area slightly larger than the city of Bradford, including its outlying villages!

 

[DaveNewcastle]

There's always Corrour, which is celebrated for having no road access and no people living anywhere near it. The population of the postcode area PA34 (Corrour) in the 2001 census was 9. This covers an area slightly larger than the city of Bradford, including its outlying villages!

Maybe, but its NOT the quiet station you might expect. It gets about 9,000 pax a year.
As I posted the last time it came up, the odd thing about Corrour is that about 5,000 get off there, but only 4,000 get on again!
(We can only guess that the "missing" travellers are walkers, who walk down to Rannoch)

 

[jopsuk]

Angel Road is a bit of an odd one- it's in the midst of a large industrial and retail area, yet is hamstrung by truly, truly awful access and a weirdly abysmal service - especially to the stations further up the Lee Valley. It wouldn't, for example, take much to connect it by foot to Ikea and Tesco, but I dare you to make that journey as it is now and survive!

 

[142094]

Did they look like they'd been waiting long?

I think the people that went there on that trip got shown around the airport by the manager. IIRC there used to be a shuttle bus from the station to the airport but this was taken out of service some years ago and replaced by a coach from Darlington instead. So Northern just run the Parliamentary train on a Saturday. I think the wait between trains is around 4 hours unless it changed with the new timetable change. I'd quite like to get a ticket to/from there for my collection but sitting there for 4 hours with no freight isn't very welcoming. Might just go one one train and split the ticket at the station (Say Middlesbrough - Tees-side Airport and Teesside Airport - Darlington). But I'd have to step off the train for a second as I couldn't say I've been there.

 

[90019]

There's always Corrour, which is celebrated for having no road access

It definately had road access when I passed through a few months back, as there were 2 cars parked there.

 

[A60K]

No public road access to be precise - there is a 20ish mile long estate road from the A86.

 

[trickyvegas]

Middlewood used to have two stations hock:

I've seen people get on/off there and it's quite heavily used compared with other small stations - but one has to wonder where they've come from/intend to go.

The former Marple - Macclesfield line has now been converted into a footpath and bridleway, which would be the main attraction plus its fairly close to the Macclesfield canal.

 

[317666]

Roughton Road has a train every 2 hours each way, but it doesn't look very well used.

 

[Vulcan]

I reccomend the pub at Berney Arms if you get there

 

[paul1609]

Middlewood used to have two stations hock:

I've seen people get on/off there and it's quite heavily used compared with other small stations - but one has to wonder where they've come from/intend to go.

The line that served the other Middlewood station is now the Middlewood way cycle path which is very popular with cyclists and ramblers; http://www.macclesfield.gov.uk/pdfs/MidWayGuide.pdf

 

[trickyvegas]

The line that served the other Middlewood station is now the Middlewood way cycle path which is very popular with cyclists and ramblers; http://www.macclesfield.gov.uk/pdfs/MidWayGuide.pdf

I've walked it end to end, very pleasant route that took me about 4 hours and with the added advantage of a rail station at either end.

 

[Sleepy]

Roughton Road has a train every 2 hours each way, but it doesn't look very well used.

Better patronage than Salhouse IME (sometimes double figures)

 

[Broken Viking]

I'm going to throw Longcross between Sunningdale and Virginia Water into the mix here as that station seems to me to receive very little apparent use or service of any description. In the last seven years of using the line fairly regularly, I don't think that I've been on more than two trains that have actually called there - Most normally fly through the station at line speed.

That said though, I do see that there is a large industrial complex of some description immediateley next to the station, plus the fact that it's near the back entrance to Sunningdale golf course...So I suppose it could be a "commuting" station owned/operated by the industrial complex, or it might be a non-advertised request station.

 

[will1337]

Hail Death, Yuletide greetings.

I believe that Longcross was used a lot more about 4 or 5 years ago as the BBC filmed a TV series there for a time. It may explain why the station has PIS facilities and is in relatively good nick considering it gets very little usage and I've yet to be on a 458 that has called there.

 

[yorksrob]

On a festive note, does Ho ho Hoo Junction Staff Halt Count?

 

[thefab444]

Longcross is mainly used by workers at the nearby QinetiQ MoD thing.

 

[12CSVT]

Does anybody know why the Coryton branch needs so many stations. Surely six stations in two miles is a teeny weeny bit excessive ?

 

[WESSEX158]

Okehampton Station has only 5 trains per day from Exeter on sunday only - as part of the sunday rover

 

[SteamontheMet]

any stations in london that are not used much?

One's I can Think of

No Weekend Service

Sudbury Hill Harrow
Sudbury Harrow Road
(Hour Service by Chiltern Railways but not many people get on or off)

No Sunday Service

South Greenford
Castle Bar Park
Drayton Green
(Quiet Station Halts operated by First Great Western)

Perivale on the Central line in my opinion is a very quiet station on the underground, I sometimes feel like the only person to use it.

 

[brad465]

Three Oaks, Doleham and Winchelsea all on Marshlink Line, only see 3tpd.

It used to be more years ago however

 

[PinzaC55]

If I remember rightly Teesside Airport station only has one train each way on a Saturday?
Just checked on Wikipedia and in 2008/2009 it was used by 46 people all year!

 

[142094]

Aye that was mostly a group of people who went on one Saturday to highlight the lack of service to the station. Think they then had a guided tour of the Airport before getting the train back to Darlington.

 

[tripleseis]

Perivale on the Central line in my opinion is a very quiet station on the underground, I sometimes feel like the only person to use it.

Useful station though, as it serves a nearby industrial park and quite a large residential area (I used to work nearby). Hanger Lane and Greenford are both quite a trek away.

 

[PR1Berske]

And it's good for Doctor Who anoraks

 

[Daniel]

No Sunday Service

+ Angel Road

1 train an hour off-peak Monday - Friday, 2 in peak.
1 train an hour Saturday.
0 trains Sunday.

Angel Road is the closest station to IKEA Edmonton, but has never been advertised as such, instead you are advised to go to Tottenham Hale and get a shuttle bus for IKEA..