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Redcar British Steel station saw 320 more visitors in 2018-19 than in the year before

hundreds of people used to visit the UK at least-Bahn-station you have stored, from the title of this year, according to The Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

Redcar British Steel station saw, 360 entries and exits during 2018-19, from 40 in the previous year.

Two railway stations in the North-west of England have inherited the title.

Stanlow and Thornton in Cheshire and Denton in Greater Manchester had 46 entries and exits, respectively, in 2018-19.

ORR said Redcar British Steel "may have attracted the attention of visitors", since it is the name of The Last used station in the 2017-18 rankings.

The Station in December 2019, but the new figures only cover until the end of March.

use fell after the in the vicinity of the SSI steel works in Teesside .

Geoff Marshall (left), pictured with his friend, Rob Thomas , was in the least-visited stations of 34 English counties

One of Redcar British Steel to the visitors over The Last year was Geoff Marshall from London.

Mr. Marshall has to visit a YouTube channel to stations in the UK and says he has almost completed a challenge, in every English County.

"It's a great way to explore the country," Mr Marshall said.

"There is also a fascination with why certain rarely-used stations.

"explore the history and in some cases, The World has changed and the communities have evolved. "

"It's great going to small, less-seen places in the country," he said. "It's an Adventure . "

Lewis Owens said, go to The Last used station with his son, Danill was a "family tradition"

For 12-year-old Danill Owens visit to The Last used station is an annual tradition.

His father Lewis , of Ruislip, Middlesex, said: "It's A Family tradition, a visit to The Last used station each year.

"Danill has a huge fascination for trains. "

Although it "was not much to see", on The Site of the 47-year-old said it was sad to see that the SSI works in the background, shows "the loss of the steel industry" in the area.

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Denton train station is only 46 entries and exits saw in 2018-19

Where enthusiasts on the increase in passenger numbers from Britain's loneliest stations you want to go next?

One stop on The List is Denton train station in Tameside, Greater Manchester .

Along with Stanlow and Thornton station, Cheshire, only 46 passengers were recorded in the year to the end of March 2019.

And it looks like the kind of place that even tumbleweed Philippe mathonnet reported.

There is only one train per week in each direction in Denton, both on Saturday

Hidden behind a Bus Stop in the proximity of a highway overpass, enter via a steep metal staircase.

Once on the platform, there are only two benches, no shelter and no toilets.

There is evidence that the human life is passed, as pitchers are on The Track and take-away food cartons strewn under The Bridge .

But some people clearly care for this post of the rail network abandoned outside.

to bring The Friends Of Denton have planted station, three beds, a semblance of color to somewhere that looks particularly bleak on a wet and windy day in January.

Flower beds maintained by The Friends Of Denton station to show someone still visits

London-Waterloo was The Most used station, with More Than 94 million entries and exits in The Last year.

Cardiff Central was the busiest station in Wales with 14. 2 million entries and exits. Sugar Loaf mountain in Powys recorded the fewest passengers, with 708.

Barry Links in Angus was used in Scotland recently, with 122 entries and exits, while Glasgow Central is the was used most often, with almost 32. 8 million.

The estimates are based largely on ticket sales.

'No demand'

Many of the channels are kept open, even though they are rarely used, since it is easier to arrange to stop the train, rare as a permission in the vicinity of a station.

train operator Northern said it was contractually obligated to run, a minimum level of services to seldom-visited stations, but there was "no need" and "low usage" in these areas.

The Last stations in the United Kingdom

cars used - --and exits, 2018-19

source: Office of Rail and Road

belong to the Previous stations for the title of the least used in the UK, Barry left in 2016-17 and Teesside Airport, Darlington, between 2012 and 2014.

Shippea Hill, Cambridgeshire, was at least for two years, but received a boost in passengers travelling to the Great British Bake Off finalist Ian Cumming at The Station on Christmas Eve 2016.

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Source of news: bbc.com