{"id":55607,"date":"2009-11-04T15:32:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T15:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=55607"},"modified":"2017-03-07T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T16:16:44","slug":"loftus-railway-station-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=55607","title":{"rendered":"Loftus Railway Station, 1964"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/loftus-train-station-1964-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/loftus-train-station-1964-1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/loftus-train-station-1964-1-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/loftus-train-station-1964-1-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/loftus-train-station-1964-1-150x120.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/loftus-train-station-1964-1-400x319.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Once again, a rather grainy photograph &#8211; but one that was the end of an era &#8211; as\u00a0 it shows the workmen dismantling the railway. Doctor Beeching is frequently blamed for closing many railways which he didn\u2019t; he presented a report with recommendations! The Loftus to Whitby Railway closed in May 1958, Loftus Station closed to passengers in 1960; although goods deliveries continued until 1963. The image came from another Northern Echo newspaper cutting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to Simon Chapman for correcting our commentary.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Once again, a rather grainy photograph &#8211; but one that was the end of an era &#8211; as it shows the workmen dismantling the railway. Doctor Beeching is frequently blamed for closing many railways which he didn\u2019t; he presented a report with recommendations! The Loftus to Whitby Railway closed in May 1958, Loftus Station [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stations","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55608,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55607\/revisions\/55608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}