| Loftus | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.5522°N -0.894°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Original: | Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway |
| Pregroup: | North Eastern Railway |
| Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Years1: | 1875 |
| Events1: | Opened |
| Years2: | 1960 |
| Events2: | Closed to passengers |
Loftus, previously Lofthouse, was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 1 April 1875 as the terminus of a line from Saltburn, and served the town of Loftus. 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. It closed to passenger traffic on 2 May 1960 and goods traffic on 12 August 1963; the tracks through the station were lifted in 1964.[1]
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.[2]