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« on: February 17, 2014, 07:51:51 »
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The [BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)] Magazine recently visited an isolated, slate-roofed shelter in rural Cumbria and asked whether it was the UK▸ (United Kingdom)'s loneliest bus stop. A number of readers suggested even more solitary alternatives.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26036885

Within a short distance of where I live is a bus stop that's not seen a service for many years ... and yet it's right in the middle of a residential area, by a school and a village hall.  Is that "lonely"?   What examples do you have in your part of the country?
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2014, 08:05:00 »
This was reported 12 years ago - I wonder if it is still there?

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The bus shelter is for advertising

A bus shelter has been put up on a street in Northampton, but not a single bus will stop there.
It was built for advertising space and not for anyone trying to use public transport.
 
The official bus route that went past the stop was withdrawn in April, but six months later the shelter was built.
 
Angie Wright, a local resident who used to use the bus route, said: "I think it's laughable. It really is funny.
 
No buses

"We've got a shelter, wonderful, but no buses. What is the idea? I don't know what they're thinking."
 
A spokesman for Northampton Borough Council said some university students will use it while waiting for private coaches.
 
The spokesman said the bus shelter was paid for by the advertising company as part of a contract.
 
The company would fund 200 new shelters if it could advertise in 110 of them.
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