Oakham railway station serves the town of Oakham in Rutland, England. The station is situated almost halfway between Leicester – to the west – and Peterborough – eastward on the (as built) Syston and Peterborough Railway, the line is the Birmingham to Peterborough Line. Oakham is the only surviving passenger railway station in Rutland. The line is served by Cross Country trains between Birmingham New Street and or . Until recently the line from Oakham to Kettering via Corby (which branches off just east of Oakham) was rarely used by passenger trains, being almost exclusively a freight line, but now infrequent East Midlands railway services to London St Pancras, as well as occasional diversionary trains which would have used the Midland Main Line, serve the station. History The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 May 1848. The building was designed by the company architect, Edward Wood of London, and is Grade II listed. In October 2020, work began to refurbish and repaint the footbridge. This was completed and the footbridge reopened in April 2021. Station masters Frederick Neal 1848–1850 (subsequently station master at Tamworth) S. Wollerton ca. 1850s Alfred Fewkes 1858–1865 (subsequently station master at Loughborough) Joseph Kilby 1865–1876 Arthur Chadwick 1877–1894 Robert Herbert 1894–1905 (formerly station master at Dursley) Charles Ravenhall 1905–1914 (formerly station master of Kegworth) W.J. Wearn 1914–1924 (subsequently station master at Ilkley) Ernest Shadwell 1924–1927 (subsequently station master at Matlock) E.W. Conisbee 1928–1936 (formerly station master at Long Itchington) Joseph Henry Marshall 1936–1940 Noel Manton 1940–1946 (formerly station master at Wilnecote) George A. Webber 1946 - 1953 E.G. Dilley 1953 - 1960 (formerly station master at Kegworth) Buildings The station building, the nearby level crossing signal box and footbridge are each listed buildings. The signal box was the prototype for the Airfix kit signal box. Since 2007 some of the station buildings have been used as the headquarters of the charitable organisation Change Agents UK. Services From Oakham there is an hourly service in both directions operated by CrossCountry, with some additional peak-hour trains. Services run westbound to Birmingham New Street via , , Narborough, , and whilst services eastbound run to or via , , , and . Despite managing the station, East Midlands Railway (EMR) only operates a limited number of services to/from it. A few trains operate at either end of the day, mainly for train crew route knowledge retention