Eastoft railway station

Eastoft
Location
Place Eastoft
Area Lincolnshire
Operations
Original company Axholme Light Railway
Pre-grouping Axholme Joint Railway
Post-grouping Joint LMS and LNER
History
10 August 1903 opened
15 July 1933 closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Eastoft railway station was a station in Eastoft, Lincolnshire on the Axholme Joint Railway.[1]

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.

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. http://www.isleofaxholme.co.uk/parish_history/axholme/ajr/lasttrip.htm. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "Crowle Railways". http://crowle.org/?p=61. Retrieved 26 May 2011.