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 in 2016/17, 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.
Some 99.4 million 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.
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 £600 million redevelopment completed in 2015 - is the most used station outside of London with 42.4 million passengers in the past 12 months, putting it at number six on the overall list.
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