Arram is one of a handful of stations around the country known as a 'ghost station'. While there are a few trains that occasionally stop in this rural village in East Yorkshire, you probably won't see many crowds. In fact, this train station is one of the quietest in our region, with just 598 passengers paying visit in the year leading up to March 2023, according to data from the Office for Rail and Road.
Only Rawcliffe and Wressle see fewer passengers than this farming village. There are currently just six services here in each direction between Monday to Saturday. The station itself is unmanned and you must remember to purchase your ticket before arriving - there are no ticket machines on the two lonely platforms.
Read more: Second World War bunkers, lost islands and abandoned villages - the things I learnt on the Spurn Point walk I tried the new nature canal walk that connects Yorkshire villages I arrived at Hull Paragon ahead of my 11:59am service to York, with plenty of people filling the train. Just four minutes out of Beverley was my destination - Arram. Even before the service came to a grinding halt, no one else was on their feet.
As soon as the doors opened, nobody boarded and I was the only person disembarking. Even the conductor looked a bit perplexed as to why someone was getting off here. I felt as if I was in the middle of nowhere - the only building in immediate sight was the old station house.
As I wandered across the various farmhouses, people stopped to say.