Revealed: The loneliest train stations in the USA - with the least-used located in Texas, where just 247 passengers a YEAR board a service

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You'd beryllium hard-pushed to find anyplace much successful nan mediate of obscurity successful America than Sanderson.

Yet it's firmly connected nan representation acknowledgment to 2 striking claims to fame - it's nan cactus superior of Texas and location to America's least-used train station.

It lies connected Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes betwixt Los Angeles and New Orleans/Chicago - and erstwhile we delved into Amtrak's ridership information to pinpoint America's 10 loneliest stations, we discovered that conscionable 247 group utilized Sanderson's recently renovated position successful 2023.

It gets 9 arrivals per week, pinch passengers capable to drawback six trains to Los Angeles and 3 to New Orleans aliases Chicago, nan second lying 1,350 miles away. The eastbound train splits successful San Antonio, pinch nan New Orleans work called nan Sunset Limited and nan Chicago train designated arsenic nan Texas Eagle.

This work operates America's longest train route, taking 65 hours to screen nan 2,728 miles betwixt LA and nan Windy City.

MailOnline Travel delved into Amtrak's ridership information to pinpoint America's 10 loneliest stations, and discovered that conscionable 247 group utilized Sanderson position successful Texas (above, earlier renovation) successful 2023

Sanderson lies connected Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes betwixt Los Angeles and New Orleans/Chicago

Sanderson gets 9 train arrivals per week. In this image, nan Amtrak Sunset Limited train travels done nan godforsaken adjacent nan mini town

The second-loneliest position is Montgomery, West Virginia, wherever conscionable 266 group boarded aliases alighted a train successful 2023 

Alderson, West Virginia, is conscionable 4 stops eastbound from Montgomery and nan 3rd loneliest position pinch 399 riders. Picture courtesy of Creative Commons licensing

Thurmond, West Virginia, 1 extremity eastbound from Montgomery, comes 4th pinch 466 passengers. Picture courtesy of Creative Commons licensing

The second-loneliest position is Montgomery, West Virginia, wherever conscionable 266 group boarded aliases alighted a train successful 2023.

Montgomery sits connected nan Cardinal way betwixt New York City and Chicago, pinch departures astatine 9.02am and 7.50pm daily. The full Cardinal way takes 27 hours and 28 minutes to complete.

On nan aforesaid statement is Alderson, West Virginia, conscionable 4 stops eastbound from Montgomery and nan 3rd loneliest position pinch 399 riders.

Thurmond, West Virginia, 1 extremity eastbound from Montgomery, comes 4th pinch 466 passengers.

The 5th least-used position connected nan web is Rensselaer, which is besides reached via nan Cardinal work but lies further westbound successful Indiana, and conscionable 2 stops from Chicago. It welcomed 509 passengers successful 2023.

The sixth least-used stop, Connersville, besides successful Indiana, is utilized by 528 passengers and is located 4 stops eastbound from Rensselaer.

THE 10 LEAST-USED AMTRAK STATIONS IN THE USA

1. Sanderson, Texas – 247 riders per year 

2. Montgomery (MNG), West Virginia – 266 

3. Alderson (ALD), West Virginia - 399 

4. Thurmond (THN), West Virginia - 466 

5. Rensselaer (REN), Indiana - 509 

6. Connersville (COI), Indiana - 528 

7. Lordsburg (LDB), New Mexico - 688 

8. South Shore-South Portsmouth (SPM), Kentucky - 870 

9. Schriever (SCH), Louisiana - 912 

10. Browning (BRO), Montana - 935

Source: Amtrak, utilizing 2023 data.

Each year, Amtrak releases its ridership statistic by authorities astatine GreatAmericanStations.com 

The 5th least-used position connected nan web is Rensselaer, Indiana, which welcomed 509 passengers successful 2023. It is pictured present earlier nan renewal of its Amtrak station

The sixth least-used stop, Connersville successful Indiana, is utilized by 528 passengers a year

The seventh loneliest train position connected Amtrak's web is Lordsburg (688 riders) successful New Mexico 

In eighth position is South Shore-South Portsmouth, Kentucky, connected nan Cardinal line, pinch 870 riders 

Schriever, Louisiana, successful ninth spot pinch 912 riders is 1 extremity from New Orleans connected nan Sunset Limited route

The 10th loneliest position is Browning, Montana, connected nan Empire Builder way from Seattle to Chicago, pinch 935 riders 

The Empire Builder's afloat way takes betwixt 45 and 47 hours. The train tin beryllium seen present crossing nan North Fork Skykomish River successful Washington

AMTRAK FACTS 

Amtrak is America's sole long-distance intercity rider railroad operator. Its full ridership is up to 28.6million customers annually, pinch nan railway elephantine boasting stops successful much than 500 destinations crossed 46 US states and 21,400 miles of routes.

The busiest hub is New York's Moynihan Train Hall astatine Penn Station, which sees 10.24million riders a year. Sanderson successful Texas is nan loneliest position - utilized by conscionable 247 group successful 2023.

Amtrak receives a national Corridor Identification and Development Program (CIDP) assistance for immoderate of its less-used services.

The seventh loneliest train position connected Amtrak's web is Lordsburg (688 riders) successful New Mexico, which sits connected nan Sunset Limited route.

In eighth position is South Shore-South Portsmouth, Kentucky, connected nan Cardinal line, pinch 870 riders, followed by Schriever, Louisiana, successful ninth spot pinch 912. Schriever is 1 extremity from New Orleans connected nan Sunset Limited route.

The 10th loneliest position is Browning, Montana, connected nan Empire Builder way from Seattle to Chicago, pinch 935 riders. The Empire Builder's afloat way takes betwixt 45 and 47 hours.

Our investigation besides reveals that Washington DC has conscionable 1 Amtrak train position - Washington Union Station, which saw 4.75million passengers successful 2023. The extremity is nan second-most utilized connected Amtrak's full network.

Similarly, nan authorities of Idaho has conscionable 1 Amtrak stop, Sandpoint, which saw 4,751 passengers successful 2023 connected nan Empire Builder line. The metropolis is known for its ample reservoir and, successful nan winter, skis slopes.

Busy California's least-used Amtrak position is Pomona, successful Los Angeles, pinch 1,315 riders alighting from aliases boarding nan Sunset Limited service, while tourism hotspot Florida's loneliest position is Okeechobee (4,026 riders), which sits connected nan Silver Star way from Miami to New York City.

Amtrak does not person stations successful Alaska, Hawaii, Wyoming aliases South Dakota.

AMTRAK STATIONS WITH LOWEST RIDERSHIP - BY STATE 

Alabama - Anniston (Ridership - 3,459)

Arizona - Benson (1,763)

Arkansas - Arkadelphia (1,050)

California - Pomona (1,315)

Colorado - Lamar (1,138)

Connecticut - Wallingford (9,682)

Delaware - Newark (29,344)

Florida - Okeechobee (4,026)

Georgia - Toccoa (1,793)

Idaho - Sandpoint (4,751)

Illinois - Gilman (1,702)

Indiana - Rensselaer (509)

Iowa - Creston (2,106)

Kansas - Hutchinson (3,629)

Kentucky - South Shore-South Portsmouth (870)

Louisiana - Schriever (912)

Maine - Old Orchard Beach (19,748)

Maryland Rockville (3,560)

Massachusetts - Framingham (2,144)

Michigan - Albion (2,044)

Minnesota - Detroit Lakes (4,182)

Mississippi - Hazlehurst (1,506)

Missouri - Arcadia (1,228)

Montana - Browning (935)

Nebraska - Holdrege (1,292)

Nevada - Winnemucca (4,216)

New Hampshire - Claremont (3,085)

New Jersey - New Brunswick (28,587)

New Mexico - Lordsburg (688)

New York - Fort Edward-Glens Falls (7,588)

North Carolina - Gastonia (1,818)

North Dakota - Stanley (2,440)

Ohio - Alliance (2,697)

Oklahoma - Purcell (1,436)

Oregon - Chemult (2,798)

Pennsylvania - North Philadelphia (1,684)

Rhode Island - Westerly (50,453)

South Carolina - Denmark (2,681)

Tennessee - Newbern-Dyersburg (3,689)

Texas - Del Rio (1,817)

Utah - Helper (2,048)

Vermont - Windsor (1,374)

Virginia - Clifton Forge (1,572)

Washington - Wishram (1,072)

Washington D.C - Washington Union Station (4,751,405)

West Virginia - Montgomery (266)

Wisconsin - Portage (5,520)

Source: Amtrak, utilizing 2023 data.

Each year, Amtrak releases its ridership statistic by authorities astatine GreatAmericanStations.com.

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