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The 10 least-used train stations in France in 2024

The least-used train station in France is Corcy, in the Aisne: 2 passengers in the whole of 2024. The next nine counted between 23 and 32.

All ten are small halts. The Nord has three of them, the Lozère two.

Data: the year 2024

The ranking

Stations still in SNCF’s list of passenger stations, with at least 1 passenger counted in 2024.

Rank	Station	Département	2024	2023	2019
1	Corcy	Aisne	2	30	0
2	Balsièges	Lozère	23	32	12
2	Sous le Bois	Nord	23	8	342
4	Le Bruel	Lozère	26	15	2
5	Cattenières	Nord	27	17	544
5	Garchizy	Nièvre	27	25	9
7	La Ville Gozet	Allier	30	292	453
7	Malling	Moselle	30	46	30
7	Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe	Nord	30	24	729
10	Viévola	Alpes-Maritimes	32	97	134

Right behind comes Barjac, in the Lozère, with 35 passengers.

These figures move a lot from year to year. Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe counted 729 passengers in 2019, and 30 in 2024. The file does not say why.

Small stations in numbers

14 stationsFewer than 100 passengers in 2024.
83 stationsFewer than 1,000 passengers.
Half of all stationsMore than 80,729 passengers.

These figures cover 2,784 stations. At the other end, Gare du Nord passes 257 million.

83 stations out of 2,784 count fewer than 1,000 passengers a year

Number of stations, by their passengers in 2024. Stations in SNCF’s list of passenger stations.

Under 10014

100 to 99969

1,000 to 9,999392

10,000 to 99,9991,047

100,000 to 999,999851

1 to 9.9 million355

10 million or more56

Source: SNCF, Fréquentation en gares and Gares de voyageurs.Trainrail

Outside the Paris region, figures come from ticket sales: tickets sold by third parties are not counted. SNCF warns that its method changes from year to year: a swing can come from the calculation, not the passengers.

See the data

83 stations out of 2,784 count fewer than 1,000 passengers a year
Passengers in 2024	Stations
Under 100	14
100 to 999	69
1,000 to 9,999	392
10,000 to 99,999	1,047
100,000 to 999,999	851
1 to 9.9 million	355
10 million or more	56

What these figures count

Outside the Paris region, the file is based on tickets sold. Tickets sold by anyone other than SNCF are not counted. A trip counts at both its start and its end.

The full SNCF file also has 96 stations at 0 passengers and 7 stations at 1 passenger in 2024. We leave them out. 90 of the stations at 0 and all 7 at 1 are no longer in SNCF’s list of passenger stations.

Method and limits

Sources: Fréquentation en gares, SNCF open data, ODbL licence, accessed 6 November 2026. Gares de voyageurs, SNCF open data, for the list of stations.
Period: the year 2024, compared with 2023 and 2019.
Ranking: 2,784 stations, those in the list of passenger stations (matched on UIC code) with at least 1 passenger in 2024. Tied stations share a rank.
Measure: passengers per year and per station. Outside the Paris region, figures come from ticket sales. Non-passengers are excluded.
Limits: tickets sold by third parties are not included. The file is not exhaustive. SNCF warns that its method changes from year to year.
Data: CSV: /classements/gares-les-moins-frequentees.csv, ODbL licence.

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