Oxenhope railway station

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Oxenhope
The platform at Oxenhope station
Location
Place	Oxenhope
Local authority	Bradford
Operations
Managed by	Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
Platforms in use	1
History
Key dates	Opened 1867 Closed 1962 Reopened 1968
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Oxenhope railway station serves the village of Oxenhope in the City of Bradford district of West Yorkshire. It is the terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, with trains to Haworth and Keighley.

Oxenhope was not in the original plans for the railway, with Haworth being the proposed terminus. However, a local mill owner successfully campaigned for the railway to be extended to Oxenhope, and the station opened in 1867.

As with the rest of the line, it was closed in 1962 under the Beeching Axe, but was re-opened when the line was preserved in 1968. It now houses an exhibition shed, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, where some of the locomotives that are not currently used on the line are stored. There is also a station shop, buffet and a car park, and links with local bus services to Bradford and Hebden Bridge.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Haworth		Keighley and Worth Valley Railway		Terminus