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« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2010, 17:46:36 »

Reddish South and Denton, 1 train each week in one direction.
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« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2010, 21:17:33 »

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Monday to Saturday three trains per day operate eastbound to Wick and westbound to Inverness, with two trains a day on Sundays.

Best not tell grahame about that level of service ...  Roll Eyes Grin

I'm not going to make any Wiltshire claims for "most useless train service" ... there are uses for the current TransWilts service and doubling the number of trains could raise from one to 9 or 16 the number of round trip opportunities.

My vote would be Norton Bridge ...
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« Reply #17 on: September 26, 2010, 00:06:33 »

Ah yes..... Norton Bridge.

An apparently still open station with no train service whatsoever!
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« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2010, 03:31:39 »

Coombe Halt...?!
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« Reply #19 on: September 26, 2010, 07:45:45 »

Ah yes..... Norton Bridge.

An apparently still open station with no train service whatsoever!
And fares are even available in NFM07 to/from Norton Bridge Huh
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« Reply #20 on: September 26, 2010, 21:06:34 »

Substitute buses.
Still I would count that as the most useless railway station.
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« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2010, 23:11:39 »

I've always thought long buck by was pretty pointless

Closest station to daventry but no de net bus connections, no taxi rank and piss poor car park
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« Reply #22 on: September 27, 2010, 15:22:44 »

I've always thought long buck by was pretty pointless

Closest station to daventry but no de net bus connections, no taxi rank and piss poor car park

Agreed that more could perhaps be done to entice Daventry folk to use it, but it's still tempting enough to get 157000 passengers a year.  Hardly pointless!
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« Reply #23 on: September 27, 2010, 17:17:30 »

You can add Barlaston and Wedgewood Halt to Norton Bridge as the most useless service.

Doing some national journey planning Taplow to Barlaston, you go through Barlaston and Wedgewood to Stoke and come back on the bus.

Whereas to Norton Bridge you get a change at Stafford (XC (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) from Reading) onto the bus.

However, I got one joureny where you go to Stoke (08:11 XC from Reading) a bus to Stone and  another bus to Norton Bridge! Having gone through both Norton Bridge and Stone on your way to Stoke!  But to add insult to injury the train also stops at Stafford!

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« Reply #24 on: September 27, 2010, 20:02:26 »

i found the station to the most useless location...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_FC_Halt_railway_station ....why build a station to a swamp?  Grin

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« Reply #25 on: September 30, 2010, 13:10:03 »

Bordsely is another pointles station, one train a week unless Birmingham City are at home so a pointless station for a pointless team!  Grin
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« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2010, 13:37:58 »

To be fair, Birmingham City have currently got 7 points.  Tongue
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« Reply #27 on: September 30, 2010, 16:42:50 »

To be fair, Birmingham City have currently got 7 points.  Tongue

Even Birmingham Moor Street has more than 7 points.  Wink
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« Reply #28 on: September 30, 2010, 18:18:05 »

Pfft.

Sir, II did a pun.  Tongue
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« Reply #29 on: September 30, 2010, 18:20:21 »

Well, you started it (sort of)!  Wink Cheesy Grin
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