At 408 metres above sea level, Corrour Station in the West
Corrour is the highest and most remote railway station in Britain. Many pass through here on trains heading further North, but few ever get off at this tiny little stop. Matt discovers a secret world where there are no roads, no houses, only a vast boggy wilderness and a railway line.
All UK Stations
✝ The least used station in 2019-20 was Berney Arms in Norfolk with 42 entries and exits.
Elton and Orston in Nottinghamshire was the least used. East Midlands Railway schedules "up to two" services a day from the unmanned station, which recorded just 40 passenger entrances. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) estimates station usage for each of the 2,570 stations in Britain.
Britain's biggest and busiest station
Waterloo is one of just a few mainline stations south of the River Thames. Around 94 million users alight at its 24 platforms.
Avanti West Coast, the worst-performing operator, had 19% of its trains eventually failing to run, after it attempted to increase the number of timetabled intercity services.
Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, England, is the world's oldest station. It was first used on September 15, 1830 and was finally closed on September 30, 1975. Part of the original station is now a museum.
Opened in 1830 and reached through a tunnel, Liverpool's Crown Street railway station was the first ever railway terminus.
According to Wikipedia, Gosport is "the largest town in Britain without an operational railway station." The town mainly thrives from its maritime transport methods, such as the Gosport Ferry. Despite this lack of transport, Gosport is still a fascinating place to visit for a day trip.
The longest UK train journey is Aberdeen to Penzance. Covering 785 miles, this train journey takes about 13 hours and 20 minutes to complete (give or take a few minutes).
Oxford to Marylebone train 'most overcrowded' in England and Wales, data reveals. train from Oxford to London Marylebone was the most overcrowded in England and Wales last autumn, new figures show.
Regularly voted one of the best railway journeys in the world, the West Highland Line connects Glasgow with Fort William – the gateway to Ben Nevis. Perhaps the most spectacular section of an already impressive route is the extension from Fort William to the fishing port and ferry terminal at Mallaig.
Arguably the most famous train ever to grace the track, the Flying Scotsman was a pioneer of the late 1800s and put Great Britain on the map in terms of engineering. During its heyday, it would shoot up the East Coast Main Line connecting London Kings Cross with Edinburgh Waverley station.
Flinders Street Station is Australia's oldest train station, and with its prominent green copper dome, distinctive yellow facade, arched entrance, tower, and clocks, it is one of Melbourne's most recognisable landmarks.
Grand Central Terminal
By number of platforms, Grand Central, on 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan, is the world's largest railway station.
Broad Green station, Liverpool, England, shown in 1962, opened in 1830, is the oldest station site in the world still in use as a passenger station.
It resulted in the deaths of over 200 people and remains the worst rail disaster in British history. The Quintinshill signal box controlled two passing loops, one on each side of the double-track Caledonian Main Line linking Glasgow and Carlisle (part of the West Coast Main Line).
Worst accidents
The worst accident was the Quintinshill rail disaster in Scotland in 1915 with 226 dead and 246 injured. Second worst, and the worst in England, was the 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, which killed 112 people and injured 340.
It probably comes as no surprise that in a global 2019 survey of railroad efficiency, the top two places went to Japan and Hong Kong, with scores of 6.8 and 6.5 (out of seven) respectively.
The Gare du Nord in Paris is the busiest train station in Europe, and the world outside Japan. It is estimated that approximately 214.2 million passengers go through the station each year.
Kalikiri. Located in Karnataka, this railway station has only one platform and serves as a halt for a few passenger trains.
At just 15 metres, Beauly station is the smallest train station in the UK – that's smaller than a single carriage of any train which passes through.