A Strange Station
The train to Norwich stopped at Lakenheath station, which is one of the least-used stations in the UK and is unusual in that it has no weekday services and only one each way on Saturday and three on Sundays. However, there has been a large increase in passengers in recent years, due to the stations proximity to the RSPB at Lakenheath Fen.
There is a big lesson here, in that if you have a special interest site, that can generate significant traffic, then it is perhaps worth researching whether a station could be provided. In my travels around the UK, one example that suggests itself would be to have a station close to the retail park, which is near to where Scunthorpe United play. There are also serious plans for a station at the Ricoh Arena, where Coventry City play.
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