Oakenshaw railway station

Oakenshaw
Location
Place	Oakenshaw
Area	City of Wakefield
Coordinates	53°39′55″N 1°27′29″W / 53.66536°N 1.45816°W / 53.66536; -1.45816Coordinates: 53°39′55″N 1°27′29″W / 53.66536°N 1.45816°W / 53.66536; -1.45816
Grid reference	SE359189
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
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]
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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		North Midland Railway Midland Railway		Normanton Line closed; station open