Brigg station hasn't seen a passenger train since mid-March, a railway campaigner suggested to us.
We paid the facility a visit yesterday and our attention was soon drawn to this poster on platform one asking people to observe the current Coronavirus distancing requirements.
Even in normal circumstances this platform only sees three Cleethorpes-bound passenger trains a week - on Saturdays.
The platform is of reasonable length (see picture below) and only a handful of folk usually climb aboard in Brigg. So social distancing abuses seem extremely unlikely.
Platform two - over the footbridge - is timetabled to receive three Saturday trains bound for Gainsborough, Retford and Sheffield.
Northern Trains says it is currently running a very limited key worker timetable and at present there are no departures or arrivals at Brigg station.
However, the temporary timetable can change week to week so people are advised to keep an eye on the latest information at https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/stations/BGG#station-timetables
If trains are not operating, Brigg Blog suggests that prominent notices are erected at both ends of Station Road as well as on the station to ensure no-one waits in vain for a train that is not on its way.
