Oakworth Station opened for business on 15^th April 1867 and closed to passengers by British Railways on 1^st January 1962. It re-opened its doors when the preservationists took over the branch line on 28^th June 1968.

Oakworth station has been a winner of the ‘Best Restored Station’ competition many times. During the autumn of 1983, an outbreak of dry rot was discovered in the entrance hall and both the woodwork and plaster had to be hacked out and replaced. Unfortunately, the rot had spread through virtually the whole of the original building, resulting in extensive, and expensive, repairs. After the remedial attention, the framed portrait of Queen Victoria, still to be seen today, was securely back in its place over the fireplace.

The five-ton crane still exists in the goods yard, and livestock could also be dealt with using the dock. The last animals to be unloaded on the dock were horses for the Disney film ‘Escape From The Dark’ just after the Railway re-opened. Until 1956 the station boasted a passing loop and a signal box situated at the Keighley end of the station but the reduction in train services, as well as the decline in goods traffic, led to both being removed

After the signal box closed, the station continued to be manned for the level crossing using the remaining signals from a small ground frame at the Haworth end of the platform. The crossing keeper will operate these signals whenever a train approaches or leaves the station.

The KWVR acquired the keys to Oakworth Station in 1965, three years after the line had been closed. On opening the station, it was found just as it must have been left. There was even a half-full bottle of ink and a large round table in the middle of the office had been tipped over, presumably in disgust.