In February 2018 Dan Wainwright did a quick analysis of transport data to provide context to a story about an MP saying there was "no demand" for trains to stop at smaller stations. She said she "never" sees people using smaller stations, despite some of them seeing a larger growth in use than Telford's station, Telford Central.
Analysis of data from the Office of Rail and Road showed that passenger numbers at the five stations between Telford Central and Wolverhampton accounted for 602,952 entries and exits during 2016-17, around half as many as at Telford Central, which has a staffed ticket office and has more services calling at it (one of two hourly services to Telford misses out the other stations).
- Office of Rail and Road (ORR): Estimates of station usage 2016-17
- CSV: Office of Rail and Road (ORR): Estimates of station usage 2016-17
- Office of Rail and Road (ORR): Estimates of station usage 2015-16
- Multiple bar chart: rail station usage estimates 2015/16 and 2016/17
- ORR data was previously used for the story Shippea Hill station: How mince pies gave the least used station a boost