Tees-side Airport – Source: en.wikipedia.org
After recently publishing a post on the busiest railway stations in the United Kingdom, I thought it might interesting (and fun) to also post the least busy (or loneliest) ones. The following list shows the ten loneliest railway stations in the United Kingdom for 2011. Of these 10, seven are in England, two in Scotland, and one in Wales.
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1. Tees-side Airport, England 18
2. Dorking West, England 22
3. Coombe, England 38
4. Breich, Scotland 68
4. Reddish South, England 68
6. Barry Links, Scotland 74
7. Sampford Courtenay, England 76
8. Sugar Loaf, Wales 84
9. Havenhouse, England 100
10. Buckenham, England 106
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Panethos 
Fascinating, thank you. It was super to find some of these places in the atlas- and here’s me thinking I knew my island pretty well! I am tempted to visit some of these- rather like train spotting but spotting the passengers instead. They would be super places to read a newspaper on a sunny summer’s day.
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You are welcome, Paul. Sounds like you have a fun project ahead. Would make for an interesting book or show on the BBC.
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I would like to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in penning this blog. I am hoping to view the same high-grade blog posts from you later on as well. In fact, your creative writing abilities has motivated me to get my own website now 😉
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Thank you.
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Hope they can keep them open, though; maybe as flag stops…
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I agree. Hard to believe one at an airport gets so few passengers.
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Not so hard when reading the Wikipedia article, though:
“the station [is] the fifth least served in the UK in terms of the number of services calling: it currently has only two trains per week, which call on Sundays only between May and December, no service being timetabled between December and May. .. The airport is a 15-minute walk from the station.”
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Certainly makes it less convenient, doesn’t it?
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One would THINK the station’s proximity to the airport would generate MANY more passengers!
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I agree.
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If it’s a 15 minute walk? You don’t really want to schlep your stuff to the airport for a 15 min walk, I’m not surprised nobody does it, really.
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Which one is that station that I read about a couple of years ago, where the one single passenger using it successfully sued the railway company to renege on its closure plans?
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Not sure.
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Reading its Wikipedia entry, I think it might be Breich…
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