Oakhampton

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Type : Station
Distance from Sydney : 198.960km
Opened : 14 September 1911
Closed : 20 October 1975
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After Oakhampton (town) in Devon, England
Notes : OAKHAMPTON 198.956km /14.3m Opened 14.8.1911, closed 20.10.1975. The construction name was HUNTINGTOWER. Line opened from Maitland to Dungog 14.8.1911, single track, construction contract from Maitland to Dungog let to Carson, Cary & Simpson on 28.4.1908. Named after the town of Oakhampton which is 32km west of Exeter, England and means Town on the River Okeement. The 76.2m long platform was on the Down side, with timber B2 standard waiting shed, Cl closet & urinal at ground level at Up end of platform.
The Up side siding (which opened with the station) was abolished 9th March 1942.
The (truncated) platform was still being used in the early 2000s for school children. At opening a platform was provided on the Down side, and a Loop Siding on the Up side of the Main Line. The Facing Points in the Main Line and the Catch Points at each end of the siding were secured by Lever and Bracket Lock arrangements.

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Oakhampton in 2001 (David Johnston)

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Oakhampton (undated, uncredited)

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Location of the one-time platform at Oakhampton (Six Maps)   

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Layout of Oakhampton in 1933, the siding was never constructed (shown by dotted lines)

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Construction gang at Oakhampton in 1910 (SLNSW)

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Rob Rouse writes: "The remains of the Oakhampton platform photographed on the 11 September 2020. The remains are level with the front of 44206. I was told the platform was about a metre wide. 44206 & 44204 were hauling the AK cars."

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23/5/2020 - Stepen Joseph Miller

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Ian R Douglas
The view from the station looking north 8/9/2014.

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Oakhampton, Graeme Kirkby

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Graeme Kirkby
Oakhampton platform of steel, pictured on 13-11-2003. Visible behind the platform is the remains of the previous, concrete surface platform which I believe, served the railway before it was slewed to its pictured location.

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OAKHAMPTON 198.956km /14.3m Opened 14.8.1911, closed 20.10.1975. The
construction name was HUNTINGTOWER.
Line opened from Maitland to Dungog 14.8.1911, single track, construction contract
from Maitland to Dungog let to Carson, Cary & Simpson on 28.4.1908.
Named after the town of Oakhampton which is 32km west of Exeter, England and means
Town on the River Okeement.
The 76.2m long platform was on the Down side, with timber B2 standard waiting shed,
Cl closet & urinal at ground level at Up end of platform.
School opened 8.1877, closed 12.1955.

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A brief history of Oakhampton.

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1955 flood damage near Oakhampton

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Waiting shed at Oakhampton, West Maitland, Dunmore, Wallarobba