Loftus railway station, Yorkshire

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

Loftus
Site of the former station with stationmaster's house, 2009
General information
LocationLoftus, Redcar and Cleveland
England
Coordinates54°33′08″N 0°53′38″W / 54.552236°N 0.894000°W / 54.552236; -0.894000
Grid referenceNZ716180
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWhitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon 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 £121,000 in 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]

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. ^ a b 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

  • Williams, Michael Aufrère (2019). The Whitby-Loftus Line. Catrine: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-542-2.


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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