Eastoft railway station

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

Eastoft
The decaying weigh bridge building at Eastoft station
LocationEastoft, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53.6553°N 0.7777°W / 53.6553; -0.7777
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAxholme Light Railway
Pre-groupingAxholme Joint Railway
Post-groupingJoint LMS and LNER
Key dates
10 August 1903opened
17 July 1933closed

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 station   Disused railways   Following station
Reedness Junction   Axholme Joint Railway   Luddington

References

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