Eastoft | |
|---|---|
 Eastoft station in 2021 | |
| Location | Eastoft, Lincolnshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°39′19″N0°46′40″W / 53.6553°N 0.7777°W Coordinates: 53°39′19″N0°46′40″W / 53.6553°N 0.7777°W |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Axholme Light Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Axholme Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | Joint LMS and LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 10 August 1903 | opened |
| 17 July 1933 | closed |
Eastoft railway station was a station in Eastoft, Lincolnshire on the Axholme Joint Railway. [1]
The station was opened on 10 August 1903 when the passenger services started from Goole via Marshland Junction to Crowle North and Fockerby. [2] It officially closed on 17 July 1933 but as there was no Sunday service the last train ran on 15 July 1933. [3] The last passenger service to use the line through the station was run by the North Axholme Secondary School on 1 April 1965. [2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reedness Junction | Axholme Joint Railway | Luddington |
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