Oakham railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Oakham, Rutland England | ||||
| Grid reference | SK856090 | ||||
| Manager | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | OKM[1] | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | Midland Counties Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 May 1848 | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  29,220 | ||||
| Interchange | 461 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.154 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,459 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.172 million | ||||
| Interchange | 3,345 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.206 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,597 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.226 million | ||||
| Interchange | 3,005 | ||||
Listed Building – Grade II | |||||
| Feature | Oakham Railway station | ||||
| Designated | 14 February 1990 | ||||
| Reference no. | 1252768[2] | ||||
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Oakham railway station serves the county town of Oakham in Rutland, England. The station is situated on the line is the Birmingham to Peterborough Line, 93 miles 61 chains (150.9 km) from London St Pancras via Corby,[3] and is approximately halfway between Leicester to the west and Peterborough to the east.[4]
Oakham is the only surviving passenger railway station in Rutland.[5] The line is served by CrossCountry services between Birmingham New Street and Stansted Airport or Cambridge. There is also an infrequent East Midlands Railway service to London St Pancras.
History
The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 May 1848.[6] The building was designed by the company architect, Edward Wood of London, and is Grade II listed.[2]
Facilities
The station building, the nearby level crossing signal box and footbridge are all listed buildings. The signal box, built in 1899,[7] was the prototype for the Airfix kit signal box.[8] The station footbridge was refurbished between October 2020 and April 2021.[9]
The station has a ticket office which is staffed seven days a week, a car park, and help points for times where there are no staff present.[10]
Passenger volume
| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 183,240 | 192,995 | 189,377 | 208,508 | 215,523 | 226,106 | 202,358 | 214,922 | 199,252 | 203,668 | 202,718 | 208,754 | 212,676 | 221,118 | 226,920 | 239,038 | 244,696 | 29,220 | 154,014 | 172,176 |
| Interchanges | –[note 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 1,358 | 4,431 | 4,940 | 5,225 | 3,658 | 4,165 | 4,406 | 4,720 | 4,848 | 2,457 | 1,739 | 461 | 1,459 | 3,345 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
There is an hourly service in each direction operated by CrossCountry. Services run westbound to Birmingham New Street via Leicester, whilst services eastbound run to Stansted Airport via Cambridge.[12]
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 Corby[13] and is notable for being the first regular passenger service to cross Welland Viaduct since 1966. The company introduced a further return service from Derby via East Midlands Parkway (for East Midlands Airport) from May 2010.[14] An early morning service runs from Nottingham to Norwich and an evening service operates from Spalding via Peterborough to Nottingham.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| CrossCountry | ||||
| East Midlands Railway Nottingham–Norwich (via Loughborough) Limited Service | ||||
| East Midlands Railway Limited Service | ||||
| Historical services | ||||
| Ashwell | Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway |
Manton | ||
Notes
- ↑ No data available.
References
- ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- 1 2 Historic England, "Oakham Railway Station (1252768)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 September 2017
- ↑ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 51. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
- ↑ "Oakham Train Station | Stations & Destinations | CrossCountry | CrossCountry Trains". www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Toms, Adam (5 May 2025). "Pretty UK county with only one train station in it". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ Quick 2023, p. 348.
- ↑ Payne, Evie (20 November 2022). "Oakham in history: Oakham level crossing signal box". Oakham Nub News. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Airfix Trackside Series". Airfix Railway Kits. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ "Rutland station footbridge back in use after £856,000 project". RailAdvent. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ↑ "Oakham Train Station | EMR". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ↑ Table 47 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ "Passengers from Melton Mowbray set to benefit from direct link to London". eastmidlandstrains.co.uk. 7 April 2009.
- ↑ Table 53 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Bibliography
- Quick, Michael (2023). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
External links
- Train times and station information for Oakham railway station from National Rail