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« on: November 24, 2024, 08:12:55 »

'tis the season for local papers to be misreporting on the quietest station in their areas ...

From Somerset Live ...

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Freshford is the quietest train station in Somerset. There were 48,416 passenger entries and exits at the station between April 2023 and March 2024 according to the latest statistics for the Office for Rail and Road.

That’s fewer than in any other station in our county, but is more than a year earlier though when 44,094 passed through its turnstiles. Bruton was the next least used station in Somerset with 51,030 entries and exits.

... I know what they mean, but there is no turnstile nor gateline at Freshford

And from The Scotsman

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Originally a private station for nearby Arisaig House, Beasdale Railway Station is located between Lochailort and Arisaig on the West Highland Line. It's the fourth least-used railway station in Scotland, with just 260 journeys beginning or starting there.

According to the ORR» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) figures, that's for journeys starting or ending there.

Mind you, I'm a right one to criticise - those are the sort of mistakes in reporting any of us might make!
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