An East Anglian train station recorded as being the least visited rail station in the UK last year has given a tourism boost with visitor numbers leaping 13 fold.

Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire was the least used station in 2015/16 according to the Office for Rail and Road, but publicity of the figures led to its annual usage jumping from 12 to 156 passengers.

A spokesman at Anglian Railway said the station had gained a lot of traction since being named in the ORR's report last year.

The station itself is unmanned and is a "request stop", meaning passengers must make a special request to the driver to stop there if they want to disembark.

This year's least used station was Barry Links, a remote town in Scotland where just 24 passengers used boarded or got off a train this year.

The unstaffed station on the line between Dundee and Carnoustie is served by just one ScotRail train a day in each direction, Monday to Saturday.

There are no ticket machines, toilets or CCTV system, but there are facilities for bicycle parking.

But Brian Boyd, an independent councillor on Angus Council, said Barry Links is used much more than the figures suggest.

He told the Press Association: "Many people buy Carnoustie tickets but get off at Barry. These figures are quoted based on who buys tickets for stations and you can't buy a ticket at Barry so you buy it at Carnoustie.