Loftus, previously ''Lofthouse'', was a railway station on the

Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway The Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (WRMU), the Whitby–Loftus Line, was a railway line in North Yorkshire, England, built between 1871 and 1886, running from Loftus on the Yorkshire coast to the Esk at Whitby, and connecting ...

(WR&MU). 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 Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk, North Yorkshire, River Esk and has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy. From the Middle Ages, Whitby ...

was opened on 3 December 1883, it became a through station with two platforms and a goods yard consisting of three sidings, and a water tank capable of holding . The cost of converting the terminal station into a through station was £950 (). The station was poorly sited as it was not near the town centre, and the road through Loftus town passed through an adjacent valley away from the station. Though the WR&MU line closed in 1958, Loftus returned to being a terminus, with a diesel service to Guisborough and Middlesbrough for two years until 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. Though a single track was relaid from

Skinningrove Skinningrove is a village in the civil parish of Loftus, in the Redcar and Cleveland district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Its name is of Old Norse etymology and is thought to mean ''skinners' grove or pit''. Demogra ...

by 1 April 1974 to allow freight trains to reach

Boulby Mine The Boulby Mine is an underground mining operation with surface facilities located just south-east of the village of Boulby, on the north-east coast of the North York Moors, east of Loftus, North Yorkshire. It is operated by Cleveland Potash L ...

, 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.

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Loftus station on navigable 1955 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Redcar and Cleveland Former North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1875 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 Loftus, North Yorkshire {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub