Oakenshaw railway station

Oakenshaw
Site of the former station in 2013
General information
LocationWakefield, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates53°39′55″N 1°27′29″W / 53.66536°N 1.45816°W / 53.66536; -1.45816
Grid referenceSE359189
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Key dates
1 July 1840Station opened as Wakefield
1 March 1841Renamed Oakenshaw for Wakefield
by 1 December 1848renamed Oakenshaw (Wakefield)
1 July 1861renamed Oakenshaw
1 June 1870Station closed[1]
Location
A Railway Clearing House map of lines around Oakenshaw and Wakefield in 1912

Oakenshaw railway station was located about two miles south-east of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1840 by the North Midland Railway on its line from Derby to Leeds.

Originally built to serve Wakefield by omnibus,[2] it had suitably ornate buildings, but was closed by the Midland Railway in 1870 when the station at Sandal and Walton was opened instead.[3]

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Allen, R. (1842), The North Midland Railway Guide, Nottingham: R. Allen
  3. ^ Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Sandal and Walton
Line exists; station closed 		  Midland Railway
North Midland Railway 		  Normanton
Line closed; station open


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