| Oakham | |||||||||||
| Symbol Location: | gb | ||||||||||
| Symbol: | rail | ||||||||||
| Borough: | Oakham, Rutland | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Grid Name: | Grid reference | ||||||||||
| Manager: | East Midlands Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Code: | OKM | ||||||||||
| Classification: | DfT category E | ||||||||||
| Original: | Midland Counties Railway | ||||||||||
| Pregroup: | Midland Railway | ||||||||||
| Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||||||||
| Events: | Station opened | ||||||||||
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | ||||||||||
| Embedded: |
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Oakham railway station serves the county town of Oakham in Rutland, England. The station is situated almost halfway between - 27miles to the west - and - 25miles eastward on the (as built) Syston and Peterborough Railway, the line is the Birmingham to Peterborough Line.
Oakham is the only surviving passenger railway station in Rutland. The line is served by CrossCountry services between and or . There is also an infrequent East Midlands Railway service to .
The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 May 1848. The building was designed by the company architect, Edward Wood of London, and is Grade II listed.
The station building, the nearby level crossing signal box and footbridge are all listed buildings. The signal box was the prototype for the Airfix kit signal box.[8] The station footbridge was refurbished between October 2020 and April 2021.[9]
From Oakham there is an hourly service in both directions operated by CrossCountry, with some additional peak-hour trains. Services run westbound to Birmingham New Street via,,, and whilst services eastbound run to or via,,, and .
Despite managing the station, East Midlands Railway operate only a limited number of services. A single daily return service to London St Pancras commenced on 27 April 2009 running via [10] and is notable for being the first regular passenger service to cross the spectacular and historic Welland Viaduct since 1966. The company introduced a further return service from via (for East Midlands Airport) from May 2010. An early morning service runs from to and an evening service operates from via Peterborough to Nottingham.
The station retains a ticket office which is staffed seven days a week, a car park, and help points for times where there are no staff present.
Prior to the Beeching Axe, trains used to stop at a number of smaller village destinations in Rutland. These were closed between 1961 and 1966.