Oakley railway station (Bedford)
- Oakley railway station (Bedford)
Oakley railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.
It was closed to passengers in 1958 closing completely in 1963. The station buildings remain in a dilapidated state though the goods yard is used by a haulage company.
About a mile north of the station is the point where the Midland installed its first troughs to allow locomotives to pick up water. The river valley here is very flat, the line crossing it seven times in the space of about seven miles. The line is elevated because of problems with flooding. Even the local roads have raised walkways.
EastMidlands-railstation-stub the railway shut in 1989
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