Amtrak Loneliest depots

Here's a video I took at Port Kent, NY today:

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This stop was the first location mentioned in the Trains article referenced above.

Gillman Il,bus like shelter next to 2 Truckstops concrete platform and lighted.
CONO skips it,Illini and Saluki stop there 4 times a day.

ut-1 wrote:Here's a video I took at Port Kent, NY today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-O_qFYVIZ4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This stop was the first location mentioned in the Trains article referenced above.

Nice photography!

Col. Allensworth State Park, while only a flag stop on the San Joaquin is in the middle of well, nowhere.


Grand Forks and it's Amshack are definitely a bit out of downtown, sitting quietly near Wells Concrete.

This Amtrak link provides lots of data. One could make a list of the busiest stations and least busiest stations. But the data includes surrounding population within 25 and 50 miles. Here are lists I have made of the lowest population within 25 and 50 miles to list the real middle of nowhere.
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25 miles radius first.....
1) Sanderson, TX 984
2) Green River, UT ??? (Empty data point by Amtrak on link)
3) Chemult, OR 3038
4) Williams Junction, AZ 3417
5) Stanley, ND 3992
6) Malta, MT 4253
7) Cut Bank, MT 4421
8) Lordsburg, NM 4463
9) Wolf Point, MT 4549
10) Alpine, TX 6071

50 miles radius next.....
1) Sanderson, TX 6800
2) Malta, MT 9847
3) Glasgow, MT 11918
4) Alpine, TX 15183
5) Winnemuccam, NV 16528
6) Browning, MT 19038
7) Shelby, MT 19437
8) Wolf Point, MT 19664
9) Harve, MT 19904
10) Green River, UT 21288

And last the lowest 10 in ridership
1) Sanderson, TX 193
2) Thurmond, WV 345
3) Alderson, WV 449
4) Montgomery, WV 500
5) Lexington, NC 513
6) Connersville, IN 583
7) Port Kent, NY 657 (yes, even one in NY state)
8) Lordsburg, NM 742
9) Philadelphia - North, PA 1037 (yes, even one within a huge city)
10) Arcadia, MO 1081

Now that we’ve looked at the smallest, how about looking at the largest...
25 miles radius first
1) New York, NY 13834725
2) Newark, NJ 13434766
3) Newark - Liberty 13291008
4) Yonkers, NY 13121188
5) New Rochelle, NY 13000684
6) Los Angeles, CA 9661452
7) Glendale, CA 9046919
8) Fullerton, CA 9010170
9) Metropark - Inselin, NJ 8409713
10) Anaheim, CA 7832557
We never left NY or LA (CSA) areas....

50 mile radius next
1) New Brunswick, NJ 19148552 (Surprise!)
2) Yonkers, NY 19009387
3) New Rochelle, NY 18942372
4) New York, NY 18703037 (Wow!)
5) Newark, NJ 18615668
6) Newark - Liberty, NJ 18612008
7) Metropark - Iselin, NJ 18552962
8) Croton-on-Hudson, NY 18114629
9) Stamford, CT 18015877
10) Princeton Junction, NJ 16718201

I’ll leave the top 10 ridership for others, you can find it if you’re interested with a simple Google search.

PHN deserves a special category of “Lonely in the City.” Do trains even pick up Amtrak passengers there, or is it disembark-only?

Interesting population numbers for New Brunswick and Princeton Junction. New Brunswick is obviously picking up all of Newark and Trenton along with most if not all of NYC and Philadelphia. Princeton Junction must be missing out on just a little bit of The Bronx/Westchester and eastern Queens.

I got off the sunset Ltd at Schriever, LA , back in the early 90's. There wasn't a house in site. Luckily the local bank manager had brought his son down to see the train, and gave me a lift to the "town". I set my tent up in the local Recreational ground, there was some kind of fair going on associated with a kids baseball game, so i got a great glimpse of small town America.

Gilbert B Norman wrote:Not too much in the way of civilization around Green River, UT

I have to agree with you there Mr. Norman. Having run 5/6 through Green River many a time in comparison to the stations between Winnemucca and Grand Junction, it is indeed pretty lonely. There is not a whole lot to do in Green River, UT. Beats the old station stop in Thompson which was a flag stop a few years ago just east of Green River. NOTHING there. At the very least Port Kent has a decent view to look at while you wait for the train to arrive.