Altofts railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Altofts


caption =
locale = England
borough = Yorkshire
line = Midland Railway
owner = London Midland and Scottish Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 1 September 1870
events = Station opens as Altofts and Whitwood
years1 = 4 May 1970
events1 = Station renamed Altofts
years2 = 12 May 1990
events2 = Station closed

Altofts railway station served the village of Altofts near Normanton in the English county of West Yorkshire. It was opened in 1870 as Altofts and Whitwood by the Midland Railway on its line from Derby to Leeds Wellington Station. [Pixton, B., (2000) "North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route," Runpast Publishing]

It was built on an embankment using spoil from the cutting south of Normanton. The area was in any case, prone to subsidence, resulting in speed restrictions and the need to shore up the platforms.

North of the station the line crosses the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Calder by means of a viaduct of five sixty foot arches. [Pixton, B., (2000) "North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route," Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing]

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways under arrangements with the WYPTE METRO.

The name "Whitwood" was dropped in 1970 and the station closed on 12 May 1990.cite web|title=List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2006/feb/closuredatesformerbrstations/listofclosuredatestopassenge2682|accessdate=2008-08-09|publisher=Department for Transport|year=2006|work=Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006]

Rail line|previous=Woodlesford|next=Normanton
route=Regional Railways / WYPTE METRO
Hallam Line
(Line open station closed)|col=025899rail line
previous = Methley
next = Normanton
route = Midland Railway
col = ffff00

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