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UK train station with world’s smallest platform so tiny only one door can open

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The UK’s smallest train station platform is so tiny that only one door on the train can open.

Beauly in the Scottish Highlands, has a train station with a platform that is just 15m long making it smaller than any single carriage.

As trains pull into the station an announcement is put out over its public address system telling all passengers to move into the centre carriage.

The station has only been back in operation for just over 20 years after it closed in 1960 due to falling passenger numbers as a result of increasing competition from motorbuses.

But in 2002, a local campaign saw a new single platform, shelter and car park built as part of £250,000 works to get it reopened.

There is a small car park at the station where there are cycle racks and lockers and on the platform there is a modern waiting shelter with a payphone.

As there are no facilities to purchase tickets passengers have to buy one in advance or from the guard on the train.

But despite its small size, the station still sees a regular flow of passengers coming to visit the historic town with 36,588 passing through it last year.

And not only are the Highlands home to the country’s smallest platform but they also feature the UK’s highest station.

Corrour railway station on the West Highland Line is 1,340ft above sea level and was immortalised on the big screen in Trainspotting.

Those wishing to visit are told to make sure they take the train rather than walk as it is a marathon hike to reach the station on foot.

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