Oakenshaw railway station explained

Oakenshaw
Status:Disused
Borough:Wakefield, City of Wakefield
Country:England
Coordinates:53.6654°N -1.4582°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Original:North Midland Railway
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Years:1 July 1840
Events:Station opened as Wakefield
Years1:1 March 1841
Events1:Renamed Oakenshaw for Wakefield
Years2:by 1 December 1848
Events2:renamed Oakenshaw (Wakefield)
Years3:1 July 1861
Events3:renamed Oakenshaw
Years4:1 June 1870
Events4:Station closed[1]

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]

Notes and 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