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Eastoft railway station

Coordinates: 53°39′19″N 0°46′40″W / 53.6553°N 0.7777°W / 53.6553; -0.7777
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Eastoft
Eastoft station in 2021
General information
LocationEastoft, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53°39′19″N 0°46′40″W / 53.6553°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

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

History

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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

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Reedness Junction   Axholme Joint Railway   Luddington

References

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