One of Dorset's train stations is used by just five people a day, figures reveal

The Office of Rail and Road has released the figures on train usage for the country in 2015/16.

The figures show the number of entries and exits to train stations in that time.

The busiest station in the area is by far Bournemouth, with 2,688,160 entries and exits, followed by Poole with 1,174,922.

In South and West Dorset, Weymouth is by far the busiest station with 742,236 entries and exits.

This is then followed by Dorchester South with 481,015 entries and exits.

The quietest station is Chetnole, with just 1,946 entries and exits in a year, meaning around five people a day use the station.

Thornford also has very few users with just 2,874 people using it in the past year, less than eight people per day.

The only other station with less than 10,000 entries and exits is Yetminster with 7,022, meaning less than 20 people a day use this station.

Chetnole, Thornford and Yetminster are all request stops.

Dorchester West saw 134,105 entries and exits in the year, with Maiden Newton having 20,582 uses.

Upwey was entered or exited on 44,042 in 2015/16 and Wareham on 335,818 occasions.

Wool came in at 190,126 entries and exits, Sherborne at 222,980, Gillingham had 425,660 and Moreton 57,522.

Train usage in the county does look to be up, with 7,555,362 entries and exits during 2015/16 compared with 7,521,936 in 2014/15.

In the South West, the most used train station was Bristol Temple Meads, with more than 10million people exiting or entering the station in a year.

London Waterloo has come out on top of the national ranking with almost 100million people entering or exiting the station during 2015/16.

The quietest train station in the country is Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire, with just 12 entries and exits during the year.

Nationally, five percent more entries and exits were made to stations, with The Rail Delivery Group stating that the figures show a need to “invest and plan long-term for increasing demand.”