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]