Loftus | |
|---|---|
 Site of the former station with stationmaster's house, 2009 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland England |
| Coordinates | 54°33′08″N 0°53′38″W / 54.552236°N 0.894000°W |
| Grid reference | NZ716180 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1875 | Opened |
| 1960 | Closed to passengers |
Loftus, previously Lofthouse, was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 1 April 1875 as the terminus of a line from Saltburn, and served the town of Loftus. When the line to Whitby was opened on 3 December 1883, it became a through station with two platforms and a goods yard consisting of three sidings. It closed to passenger traffic on 2 May 1960 and goods traffic on 12 August 1963;[1] the tracks through the station were lifted in 1964.[2]
Though a single track was relaid from Skinningrove by 1 April 1974 to allow freight trains to reach Boulby Mine, the station remains closed, and most buildings have been demolished. The stationmaster's house is now a private residence, the large brick-build goods shed also remains standing.[1]
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THE VIADUCTS AND TUNNELS OF THE WHITBY-LOFTUS LINE
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References
- ^ a b Ken Mell. "Disused Stations: Loftus Station". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ Chapman, Stephen (2007). Cleveland & Whitby. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. p. 83. ISBN 9781871233-18-6.
- "Scrap Book by Noel Agar". Loftus History. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
Further reading
- Williams, Michael Aufrère (2012). The Whitby-Loftus Line. Jet Coast Development Trust. ISBN 978-0-9567890-1-3.
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Skinningrove Line open, station closed |
North Eastern Railway WR&MU |
Grinkle Line open, station closed |
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