Oakenshaw railway station

Oakenshaw
Site of the former station in 2013
General information
Location	Wakefield, City of Wakefield England
Coordinates	53°39′55″N1°27′29″W / 53.66536°N 1.45816°W / 53.66536; -1.45816
Grid reference	SE359189
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Key dates
1 July 1840	Station opened as Wakefield
1 March 1841	Renamed Oakenshaw for Wakefield
by 1 December 1848	renamed Oakenshaw (Wakefield)
1 July 1861	renamed Oakenshaw
1 June 1870	Station 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