I'm getting round and visiting the least used railways station - those with the lowest passenger numbers - on a per county basis. Plus a few other locations too ...
Curated by: Geoff Marshall (66 videos)
On the Southport to Wigan line is the tiny station of Hoscar, which is the least used station in the whole of Lancashire. I meet up with Karl as my local guide, and he brings with him a little bit of rainy weather ... There aren't many 'half barrier' crossing gates around any more, the ABC Railway guide has got a great page though on the technical details of the Hoscar crossing: http://abcrailwayguide.uk/hoscar-public-level-crossing-lancashire#.XT_--B30k2x You can see the ORR statistic for Station Usage are here: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage/