Eastoft railway station explained

Eastoft
Status:Disused
Borough:Eastoft, Lincolnshire
Country:England
Coordinates:53.6553°N -0.7777°W
Original:Axholme Light Railway
Pregroup:Axholme Joint Railway
Postgroup:Joint LMS and LNER
Years:10 August 1903
Events:opened
Years1:17 July 1933
Events1:closed

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 and .[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]

Notes and References

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