Oakenshaw railway station

Oakenshaw
Oakenshaw
	Site of the former station in 2013
General information
Location	Wakefield, City of Wakefield; England
Coordinates	53°39′55″N 1°27′29″W / 53.66536°N 1.45816°W
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

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[edit]

^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
^ Allen, R. (1842), The North Midland Railway Guide, Nottingham: R. Allen
^ 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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[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

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