New figures show that a remote Powys railway station had no passengers over the past year - one of four stations across Wales left empty.
Sugar Loaf railway station, which sits south west of Llanwrtyd Wells, recorded no passenger entries or exits between April 2020 and March 2021.
Figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) showed that it was one of six UK stations completely deserted during the pandemic - four of which were in Wales.
The other Welsh stations with no entries and exits in 2021-21 were Abererch, Llanbedr, and Tygwyn - all of which are in Gwynedd.
The stations all have typically low usage, but in 2020-21 served no passengers at all.
51 railway stations in Wales recorded fewer than 1,000 entries and exits in 2020-21.
Sugar Loads railway station, which is off the A488 is a request stop used mainly by trekkers and cyclists. The station, which has achieved a cult status among rail enthusiasts, was opened as part of the Central Wales Extension Railway in 1868 and built to serve the nearby railway worker cottages so their children could get to nearby Llanwrtyd Wells.
Being a request stop, passengers have to give a hand signal to the approaching train driver to board or notify the guard when they board that they wish to alight from the train there.
The single-track stop was temporarily shut in July last year due to the pandemic, as the short platform meant that a safe social distance could not be observed between passengers and conductor.
Feras Alshaker, Director of Planning and Performance at the Office of Rail and Road said:
“Throughout 2020-21 the railways remained an essential service for those people who needed to travel during a year which was impacted by the pandemic.
“This year we have seen many railway stations with very few passenger entries and exits. However, we know that recent figures show leisure journeys are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, while there has been a slower increase in commuter journeys.”