Loftus railway station, Yorkshire

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Loftus
Loftus railway station (site), Yorkshire (geograph 3275444).jpg
Site of the former station with stationmaster's house, 2009
General information
Location Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland
England
Coordinates 54°33′08″N0°53′38″W / 54.552236°N 0.894000°W / 54.552236; -0.894000
Grid reference NZ716180
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1875Opened
1960Closed to passengers

Loftus, previously Lofthouse, [1] was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (WR&MU). It was opened on 1 April 1875 as the terminus of a line from Saltburn, and served the town of Loftus. [2] 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, and a water tank capable of holding 9,000 imperial gallons (41,000 L; 11,000 US gal). [3] The cost of converting the terminal station into a through station was £950 (equivalent to £121,000in 2023). [4] The station was poorly sited as it was not near the town centre, and the road through Loftus town passed through an adjacent valley away from the station. [5]

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Though the WR&MU line closed in 1958, Loftus returned to being a terminus, with a diesel service to Guisborough and Middlesbrough for two years until it closed to passenger traffic on 2 May 1960 and goods traffic on 12 August 1963. [6] [7] The tracks through the station were lifted in 1964. [8]

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. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Williams 2019, p. 39.
  2. ↑ Bairstow, Martin (2008). Railways around Whitby volume one. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 31. ISBN   978-1-871944-34-1.
  3. ↑ Teasdale, John G., ed. (2007). Servicing the North Eastern Railway's locomotives : comprising notes on water softening, water troughs, water pumping stations, water tanks, water columns, turntables, coaling etc. North Eastern Railway Association. pp. 28–29. ISBN   9781873513620.
  4. ↑ Hoole, Ken (1981). The Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. Nelson: Hendon Publishing. 26. ISBN   0-86067-065-1.
  5. ↑ Williams 2019, pp. 100–101.
  6. ↑ Bairstow, Martin (2008). Railways around Whitby volume one. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 99. ISBN   978-1-871944-34-1.
  7. 1 2 Mell, Ken. "Disused Stations: Loftus Station" . Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Chapman, Stephen (2007). Cleveland & Whitby. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. p. 83. ISBN   9781871233-18-6.

Sources

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Skinningrove
Line open, station closed		  North Eastern Railway
WR&MU 		  Grinkle
Line open, station closed


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