Loftus railway station

For the station in Sydney, see Loftus railway station, Sydney. For the station in Macau, see Loftus station.

Loftus
Site of the former station with stationmaster's house, 2009
General information
Location	Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland England
Coordinates	54.552236°N 0.894000°W / 54.552236; -0.894000
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; the tracks through the station were lifted in 1964.

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.

References

• "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

• Loftus station on navigable 1955 O. S. map

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