Calling at Dronfield the other day and reading about it's success on Wikipedia (can be a bit dodgy I know) and looking where it is on satellite imagery (looks like a no-brainier for a place for a station, long way from alternative, far enough to Sheffield/Chesterfield to be competitive with buses and fairly densely surrounded by housing) made me think it must have done really well as a re-opening: imagine if it had never been built? (Though in this specific case I'm not sure if it can be counted as 'open' between 1981 and 2008 - did any trains stop there!?)
Anyway where do you think is the most successful new station, having opened in, say, the last 25 years, excluding moved or 'replacement for' stations but including new stations on new lines (admittedly this may still leave grey areas, I've one in mind, but we'll see what comes up). This could be measured in terms of the busiest 'new' station (will this just be Corby?) at present - or the station which most exceeded it's estimated usage.
By the same token, which new stations have fallen most short of expectations?
Anyway where do you think is the most successful new station, having opened in, say, the last 25 years, excluding moved or 'replacement for' stations but including new stations on new lines (admittedly this may still leave grey areas, I've one in mind, but we'll see what comes up). This could be measured in terms of the busiest 'new' station (will this just be Corby?) at present - or the station which most exceeded it's estimated usage.
By the same token, which new stations have fallen most short of expectations?