Loftus railway station, Yorkshire
Former railway station in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England
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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 £100,000 in 2025).[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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Loftus | |||||
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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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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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]
