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• Barry Links is located on the line between Carnoustie and Dundee
• The station does not have a ticket office, ticket machines, toilet or CCTV 
• London Waterloo maintained its title as country’s busiest station for 14th year

By Ted Thornhill for MailOnline and Press Association

Published: 05:44 EST, 1 December 2017 | Updated: 07:53 EST, 1 December 2017

A railway station in Angus, Scotland, is the least used in Britain, new figures show.

Just 24 passengers travelled to or from Barry Links station between April 1, 2016, and March 31, 2017,  according to data published by the Office of Rail and Road.

London Waterloo maintained its title as the country’s busiest station for the 14th consecutive year.

Just 24 passengers travelled to or from Barry Links station, pictured, between April 1, 2016, and March 31, 2017, according to data published by the Office of Rail and Road

Barry Links does not have a ticket office, ticket machines, toilet or CCTV, and is unstaffed. The data from the Office of Rail and Road was gathered from between April 1, 2016, and March 31, 2017

Some 99.4million passengers used the station in the past year, up by more than 250,000 on 2015/16.

Barry Links is located on the line between Carnoustie – which hosts golf’s Open Championship next year – and Dundee. It is served by just one ScotRail train a day in each direction, Monday to Saturday.

The station does not have a ticket office, ticket machines, toilet or CCTV, and is unstaffed. The two passengers who enter or exit the station on average each month can use bicycle parking facilities.

London Waterloo maintained its title as the country’s busiest station for the 14th consecutive year. Some 99.4million passengers used the station in the past year, up by more than 250,000 on 2015/16

BRITAIN'S BUSIEST STATIONS 

 1. London Waterloo - 99million entries and exits

2. London Victoria - 75million

3. London Liverpool Street - 67million

4. London Bridge - 47million

5. London Euston - 44million

6. Birmingham New Street - 42million

7. Stratford - 42million

8. London Paddington - 35million

9. London King's Cross - 33million

10. London St.Pancras - 33million 

Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire was the least used station in 2015/16, but publicity of the figures led to its annual usage jumping from 12 to 156 passengers, the ORR said.

Birmingham New Street – which saw a £600million redevelopment completed in 2015 – is the most used station outside of London with 42.4million passengers in the past 12 months, putting it at number six on the overall list.

Glasgow Central retains its position as the busiest station in Scotland, with passengers using it 32.1million times this year, and Cardiff Central was top in Wales with 12.5million entries and exits.

In total, it was estimated there were over 2.9billion entries and exits at all rail stations in Britain in 2016/17, an increase of 0.4 per cent on the previous year.

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