According to 2005-06 passenger figures, there's 10 stations (out of 2506) that are used by less than 100 people annually. Here's number 10 to number 6: (from http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=531504 )
I wondered why an airport station (even for something like Teeside Airport) would have so few passengers. Turns out that they moved the entrance of the Airport to the other side and there is a more conveniently sited station, but rather than shut the station they just run a token service.
The least used underground station used to be one of my favourites - Blake Hall on the Central Line branch to Ongar. It was said to have just six passengers a day, but still had a booking clerk and a rather attractive station, complete with toilets.
The station was only built so they could build the line through the bloke who owned Blake Hall fields. He insisted on his own stop. They did rather go to town on it for a station in the middle of nowhere. A little Halt would have done.
looks like it's leading to an alley, but if you want to claim an alley as your loo... that's filthy that is
Reddish South has a monumental 120 passengers per year! Positively Euston-esque Denton on the other hand belongs in the list below with just 65 passengers (but that was in 2006/7) more here
Watford West station is a fascinating thing - it's closed, yet achieves more passengers than Gainsborough below...
I bet that looked quite nice once too. There's been quite a battle to keep that station open: http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/521/521798_united_front_for_reddish_railway_battle.html
Yay! Angus has 2 in the top ten. Finally my home, um, district is a winner. London was a bit of culture shock for me you know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peartree_railway_station Over 3 passengers per day, practically Grand Central.
Here's one that only ever was used by 4 trains in it's entire life! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsline_Halt_railway_station
Cefn Onn, the station I used to commute to work from in south Wales, couldn't have had more than 20 passengers a day during most of the year. http://www.urban75.org/photos/wales/cefn_onn.html
The plan is to re open the line, linking it with the Metropolitan Line branch. Then it will boom again.
Bit tricky to run a train to Watford West now - as there are several bits of line missing and the slight problem of no points leading to the branch from Watford High St. A predecessor traffic manager of mine put a 30 min off peak service to Croxley Green in the 1980's - after about 3 months ASLEF and NUR queried it as they were disenchanted with running trains that were 100% empty. Granted a link to the Met line corridor might make a difference.......
The last time I checked you could still buy tickets to Watford West on the ticket machines at Euston, I assume people bought tickets to there by mistake when they wanted the Junction or Watford High Street?
interesting thread, kind of 'where beeching missed out' surprised Kirton Lindsey/Brigg aren't on there, trains only run on Saturdays
Hmm, what about Reddish South? If you know Stockport and Manchester (or just a lot about trains and railways) you'll see a station on a line going north from Stockport but branching off from the main line. I heard they only run one train a week through. True?
Are those figures really annual? How are they measured? I certainly got off and on at Dorking West in 2005/6. I can't believe there were only forty people who did the same all year.
You're quite right, check out this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddish_South_railway_station I should go I don't work that far away
