Only 40 passengers used British Steel Redcar in 2017/18, according to Office of Rail and Road figures.

The drop in demand has been blamed on the closure of the coke ovens and blast furnace at the nearby SSI steel plant in 2015.

Only four Northern trains stop at the station each day between Monday and Saturday.

Two go to Bishop Auckland and two to Saltburn. There are no trains on Sundays.

The National Rail Enquiries website says the station has no ticket machines, no waiting room, no toilet facilities and no step-free access.

The least used station last year – Barry Links in Angus, Scotland – saw the number of entries and exits more than double to 52.

The other three railway stations in Britain with fewer than 100 entries and exits in the past year were Denton, Greater Manchester (70); Teesside Airport, County Durham (74); and Stanlow and Thornton, Cheshire (92).

Many stations remain open even though they are rarely used because it is easier to arrange for a train to stop infrequently than obtain permission to close a station.

Least used railway station from previous years are often visited by rail enthusiasts to swell passenger numbers.

Britain’s busiest station was London’s Waterloo for the 15th consecutive year.

The station was used by some 94.4 million passengers in 2017/18.

The figure was down 5% on the previous 12 months, partly due to the three weeks of disruption in August when major engineering work was carried out.

A series of problems has hit the station in recent months, including on Tuesday when a signal failure at Woking caused more delays and cancellations.

Outside London, the busiest station was Birmingham New Street, in sixth place with 43.7m passengers.

Glasgow Central retained its position as Scotland’s most used station, with 32.9m passengers putting it at number 11 in the overall ranking.

Cardiff Central with 13m entries and exits was the busiest station in Wales.

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