Michael Young, from Polesworth, has launched a dedicated campaign to show there is demand for the service.

Polesworth is outlined for closure as it needs a new footbridge and there are few passengers to justify the work.

Trent Valley rail services were suspended for a year, and replaced by buses, which drove passengers away.

Services only started up again last month, linking Warwickshire and Staffordshire towns and villages, and also running on to London for the first time.

'Not many trains'

To ensure the service is not taken away from them again, campaigner Michael Young has embarked on a special mission every day.

He walks to the station to take the 1412 GMT Crewe-bound train, and five minutes later he gets off again at Tamworth and gets the bus home to drive up passenger use.

Mr Young hopes the campaign will help to ensure the long term future of the station.

Polesworth councillor Mick Stanley said: "It is difficult to get people to use public transport if there are not many trains running, so people use their cars."

He said people have got used to travelling three miles to Tamworth and getting the train from there as it has a better service.

There are proposals to shut Polesworth and Norton Bridge stations and withdraw the local trains, used only by a handful of passengers.