Oakham railway station
Railway station in Rutland, England
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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]
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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 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 | |
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| 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
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