United Kingdom - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

Introduction

This list is based on the timetable in force as at December 2023. Standard abbreviations are explained here.

Obscure services

Please visit Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines, which lists regular passenger trains over obscure rail routes in the British Isles.

Other sparse services

In addition to the obscure services in Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines, the following timetabled lines have a limited service of fewer than six trains a day each way five days a week:

026	Gainsborough Central - Barnetby	One train each way M-F
030	Moorthorpe - Church Fenton	Three trains each way SuX
032	Knottingley - Goole	One train eastbound and two westbound SuX
041	Nunthorpe - Whitby	Five trains each way SuX; four trains SuO.
052	Corby - Oakham	One train each way M-F
077	Helsby – Ellesmere Port	Two trains each way SuX
103	Clitheroe - Hellifield	Two trains each way SO
106	Morecambe - Heysham Port	One train each way daily.
130	Craven Arms - Llanelli	Four trains each way SuX; two trains SuO
202	Girvan - Stranraer	Five trains each way daily
218	Crianlarich - Fort William - Mallaig	Three or four trains each way daily
219	Dingwall - Kyle of Lochalsh	Four trains each way SuX; one train SuO
219	Tain - Thurso - Wick	Four trains each way SuX; one train SuO

Deletions since previous edition

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Castleford - York (direct)

Now a more frequent service