Eastoft railway station

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Eastoft
Eastoft station in 2021.jpg
Eastoft station in 2021
General information
Location Eastoft, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates 53°39′19″N0°46′40″W / 53.6553°N 0.7777°W / 53.6553; -0.7777
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAxholme Light Railway
Pre-grouping Axholme Joint Railway
Post-groupingJoint LMS and LNER
Key dates
10 August 1903opened
17 July 1933closed
Location
Eastoft railway station

Eastoft railway station was a station in Eastoft, Lincolnshire on the Axholme Joint Railway. [1]

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History

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]

Route

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Reedness Junction   Axholme Joint Railway   Luddington

References

  1. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16
  2. 1 2 "The Last Trip - The Axholme Joint Railway". 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Crowle Railways" . Retrieved 26 May 2011.
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