{"id":344251,"date":"2025-08-14T16:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344251\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:05:06","slug":"revealed-the-least-used-railway-stations-in-britain-with-the-quietest-seeing-just-34-passengers-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344251\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: The least-used railway stations in Britain – with the quietest seeing just 34 passengers a year"},"content":{"rendered":"

A ranking of the loneliest railway stations in Britain is topped by a stop that sees just 34 passengers a year.<\/p>\n

The list has been produced by website everylaststation.co.uk<\/a>, which analysed 2023 data from the Office of Rail & Road<\/a> to reveal which stations in England, Wales and Scotland are the least visited.<\/p>\n

Denton Station, a few miles east of central Manchester on the\u00a0Stockport-Stalybridge Line, is the No.1 least-used overall.\u00a0The two-platform station is maintained by Northern Rail, has no staff, and sees just one train service per week – leaving for Stalybridge on a Friday morning at 9.32am, reveals thetrainline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The service, nicknamed the \u2018Denton Flyer\u2019, reaches Stalybridge in 11 minutes and must be flagged down by passengers at Denton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elton and Orston station, in Nottinghamshire, is the second least-used train station in Britain with 56 users annually.<\/p>\n

\"Denton <\/p>\n

Denton Station (above), on the Stockport-Stalybridge Line, is the No.1 least-used station in Britain. Picture courtesy of Creative Commons<\/a> licensing<\/p>\n

\"Elton <\/p>\n

Elton and Orston station, pictured above, in Nottinghamshire, is the second least-used train station in Britain, with just 56 annual visitors<\/p>\n

\"Kirton <\/p>\n

Kirton Lindsey, in Lincolnshire, has 94 visitors annually. It is Britain’s third least-used station<\/p>\n

\"Reddish <\/p>\n

Reddish South railway station on the Stockport-Stalybridge line comes fourth, with 100 passengers annually<\/p>\n

\"Coombe <\/p>\n

Coombe Junction Halt in Cornwall is Britain’s fifth least-used station, with just 120 passengers a year<\/p>\n

The East Midlands Railway station sees one train per day in each direction – one travelling to Nottingham<\/a> in 48 minutes and another taking just under two hours to reach Skegness.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the top three least-visited stations is Kirton Lindsey, in Lincolnshire, with 94 visitors annually.<\/p>\n

The Northern Rail station sees two trains daily, Monday to Friday, running to Sheffield in one direction and to Cleethorpes in the other.<\/p>\n

Train stations in England fill most of the top 10 least-visited hubs, with\u00a0Reddish South railway station on the\u00a0Stockport-Stalybridge line coming fourth with 100 passengers annually.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coombe Junction Halt in Cornwall completes the top five\u00a0(120 visitors).<\/p>\n

Scotscalder – on the Scotrail Inverness-Wick line – is Scotland’s least-used station (124 visitors) and comes sixth overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The rest of the top 10 comprises Ince and Elton, Cheshire (seventh, 130 passengers); Shippea Hill, Cambridgeshire (eighth, 142);\u00a0Kildonan, Highlands, Scotland (ninth, 148); and\u00a0Beasdale, Highlands, Scotland (10th, 170).<\/p>\n

Wales\u2019 least-visited station is Sugar Loaf in Powys, with 398 annual visitors each year, placing it at number 13 in the ranking.<\/p>\n

THE LEAST-USED STATIONS IN BRITAIN <\/p>\n

1. Denton, Greater Manchester, England – 34 passengers annually<\/p>\n

2. Elton and Orston, Nottinghamshire, England – 56<\/p>\n

3. Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England – 94<\/p>\n

4. Reddish South railway station – 100<\/p>\n

5. Coombe Junction Halt, Cornwall, England – 120<\/p>\n

6. Scotscalder, Highlands, Scotland – 124<\/p>\n

7. Ince and Elton, Cheshire, England – 130<\/p>\n

8. Shippea Hill, Cambridgeshire, England – 142<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0Kildonan, Highlands, Scotland – 148<\/p>\n

10. Beasdale, Highlands, Scotland – 170<\/p>\n

Source: Office of Rail & Road and\u00a0everylaststation.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0using 2023 data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Ince <\/p>\n

Ince and Elton in Cheshire is Britain’s seventh least-used station<\/p>\n

\"Shippea <\/p>\n

Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire: This is Britain’s eighth least-used railway station<\/p>\n

\"Polesworth <\/p>\n

Polesworth is Warwickshire’s loneliest railway station (188 visitors)<\/p>\n

\"Behold\u00a0Chapelton <\/p>\n

Behold\u00a0Chapelton on the Exeter to Barnstaple line – it’s Devon’s least-used station with just 194 passengers a year<\/p>\n

\"Pilning <\/p>\n

Pilning is Gloucestershire’s loneliest station. Just\u00a0338 passengers use it each year<\/p>\n

\"Above <\/p>\n

Above is the most remote, and least-used, railway station in Wales – Sugar Loaf in Powys. Last year it was used by just 398 people. Picture courtesy of Creative Commons<\/a> licensing\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Above <\/p>\n

Above is Scotscalder station on the Inverness-Wick line. With just 124 passengers per year, it’s Scotland’s least-used railway station and the sixth least-used in Britain.\u00a0Picture courtesy of Creative Commons<\/a> licensing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A ranking of the loneliest railway stations in Britain is topped by a stop that sees just 34…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,92,393,4884,1144,712,183,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-344251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-dailymail","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-travel","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115027976836076688","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}