Oakham railway station

Oakham
General information
Location	Rutland
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	OKM

Oakham railway station serves the town of Oakham in Rutland, England. The station is situated almost halfway between Leicester – 43 km (27 miles) to the west – and Peterborough – 41 km (25 miles) eastward on the Syston and Peterborough Railway.

Oakham is Rutland's only surviving passenger railway station. The line from Oakham to Kettering via Corby normally carries freight traffic only, although it does see occasional use as a diversionary route for passenger trains between Leicester and London. Trains thus diverted do not, however, call at Oakham.

Since 2007 the station buildings have been used as the headquarters of the charitable organisation StudentForce for Sustainability.

Services

From Oakham there is a generally hourly service operated by CrossCountry, with some additional peak-hour trains, in both directions each day; westbound to Leicester and Birmingham New Street, and eastbound to Peterborough, then either Norwich or Cambridge and Stansted Airport.

Connections to London, with just one change of train, are good: journeys to both London Kings Cross, via Peterborough, and London St Pancras International, via Leicester, can be completed in around 1h 50.

Despite managing the station, East Midlands Trains (EMT) only operates three daily services to the station: two early morning services to Norwich and a late night service to Nottingham. However, from December 2008 they had planned to run a sole return train to London St Pancras via the new station at Corby Monday-Friday. The London service had been due to start on 14 December 2008, but EMT admitted that it had yet to secure agreement with the Department for Transport and Rolling Stock Operating Company (ROSCO) for the four additional trains needed for the service. East Midlands Trains is now proposing not to commence the service via Corby until 20 March 2009, although the availability of train units will continue to be under review during the early part of 2009.

This service to St Pancras would mean that every county of mainland England would have a direct railway service to London as Rutland is the only one not to have one since Wrexham & Shropshire began running trains from Shropshire to London Marylebone.

East Midlands Trains are looking at the possibilities of introducing a more regular northbound service from its new station at Corby from 2010 which would call also at Oakham. This would be a major plus for both towns - giving Corby a northbound service and Oakham a direct London service each hour.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Melton Mowbray		CrossCountry Birmingham-Stansted Airport		Stamford
Melton Mowbray Limited Service		East Midlands Trains Nottingham-Norwich Limited Service		Stamford Limited Service
	From uncertain date
Corby		East Midlands Trains Corby-London		Melton Mowbray

Former Services

Prior to the Beeching Axe trains used to stop at a number of smaller village destinations in Rutland. These were closed between 1961 and 1966.

Summary of Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ashwell		Midland Railway Leicester to Peterborough Nottingham to Kettering		Manton

Sample Train Timetable for July 1922

The table below shows the train departures from Oakham on weekdays in July 1922.

Departure	Going to	Calling at	Arrival	Operator
07.05	Leicester	Ashwell, Whissendine, Saxby, Melton Mowbray, Asfordby, Frisby, Brooksby, Rearsby, Syston, Humberstone Road	08.30	MR
08.11	Kettering	Manton, Harringworth, Gretton, Weldon & Corby, Geddington	09.25	MR
08.21	Peterborough East	Manton, Luffenham, Ketton, Stamford, Uffington & Barnack, Helpston, Walton, Peterborough North	09.33	MR
08.43	Manton		09.25	MR
08.54	Leicester	Ashwell, Whissendine, Saxby, Melton Mowbray, Asfordby, Frisby, Brooksby, Rearsby, Syston	10.03	MR
10.11	Peterborough East	Manton, Luffenham, Ketton, Stamford, Uffington & Barnack, Helpston, Peterborough North	11.20	MR
10.22	Nottingham	Melton Mowbray	11.05	MR
11.05	Peterborough East	Manton, Stamford, Peterborough North	12.13	MR
11.15	Leicester	Melton Mowbray	11.56	MR
11.25	Nottingham	Ashwell, Whissendine, Saxby, Melton Mowbray, Grimston, Old Dalby, Upper Broughton, Widmerpool, Plumtree, Edwalton	12.40	MR
13.05	Kettering	Manton, Harringworth, Gretton, Weldon & Corby, Geddington	13.56	MR
13.09	Leicester	Ashwell, Whissendine, Saxby, Melton Mowbray	14.00	MR
13.58	Peterborough East	Manton, Luffenham, Ketton, Stamford, Uffington & Barnack, Helpston, Walton, Peterborough North	15.08	MR
14.51	Melton Mowbray	Ashwell, Whissendine, Saxby	15.17	MR
16.28	Peterborough East	Manton, Luffenham, Ketton, Stamford, Uffington & Barnack, Helpston, Walton, Peterborough North	17.37	MR
16.40	Leicester	Ashwell, Whissendine, Saxby, Melton Mowbray, Syston	17.32	MR
17.49	Nottingham	Ashwell, Whissendine, Saxby, Melton Mowbray, Grimston, Old Dalby, Upper Broughton, Widmerpool, Plumtree, Edwalton	19.03	MR
17.56	Peterborough East	Manton, Luffenham, Ketton, Stamford, Helpston, Peterborough North	19.02	MR
18.09	Kettering	Manton	18.44	MR
18.13	Leicester	Saxby, Melton Mowbray, Asfordby, Frisby, Brooksby, Rearsby, Syston	19.13	MR
18.55	Nottingham	Melton Mowbray	19.38	MR
19.10	Peterborough East	Manton, Luffenham, Ketton, Stamford, Helpston, Peterborough North	20.20	MR
20.14	Nottingham	Ashwell, Whissendine, Saxby, Melton Mowbray, Grimston, Old Dalby, Upper Broughton, Widmerpool, Plumtree, Edwalton	21.33	MR
21.20	Leicester	Ashwell, Melton Mowbray, Syston	22.08	MR
22.10	Peterborough East	Manton, Luffenham, Ketton, Stamford, Peterborough North	23.05	MR

External links

• Train times and station information for Oakham railway station from National Rail