Eastoft | |
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The decaying weigh bridge building at Eastoft station
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Location | |
Place | Eastoft |
Area | Lincolnshire |
Coordinates | 53°39′19″N 0°46′40″W / 53.6553°N 0.7777°WCoordinates: 53°39′19″N 0°46′40″W / 53.6553°N 0.7777°W |
Operations | |
Original company | Axholme Light Railway |
Pre-grouping | Axholme Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | Joint LMS and LNER |
History | |
10 August 1903 | opened |
17 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.
The station was opened on 10 August 1903 when the passenger services started from Goole via Marshland Junction to Crowle North and Fockerby. It officially closed on 17 July 1933 but as there was no Sunday service the last train ran on 15 July 1933. The last passenger service to use the line through the station was run by the North Axholme Secondary School on 1 April 1965.