Loftus railway station

For the railway station in Sydney, see Loftus railway station, Sydney.
Loftus
Location
Place Loftus
Area Redcar and Cleveland
Coordinates 54°33′08″N 0°53′38″W / 54.552236°N 0.894000°W / 54.552236; -0.894000Coordinates: 54°33′08″N 0°53′38″W / 54.552236°N 0.894000°W / 54.552236; -0.894000
Grid reference NZ716180
Operations
Original company WR&MUR
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
1875 Opened
1960 Closed to passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Loftus, previously Lofthouse, was a railway station on the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 1 April 1875, and served the town of Loftus. It closed to passenger traffic in April 1960 and goods traffic in 1963; the tracks through the station were lifted in 1964.

Though a single track was re-instated in the 1974 to allow freight trains to reach Boulby Mine, the station remains closed.

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    Preceding station Disused railways Following station
    Skinningrove   Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway   Grinkle


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