Cheapest€11.88
- Arriva Rail North AR298014:2929m14:58Wakefield WestgateOldham Mumps railway station
Door to door 1h 13mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Wakefield to Oldham train
Trains from Wakefield to Oldham start at €11.88 and take 1h 10m at their fastest.
The Trains from Wakefield to Oldham starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 10m door to door, run by 3 operators over 50 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 10mDoor to door
- 26mMoving
- €11.88From
- 1.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 13, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€15.19
- TransPennine Express TP642706:1826m06:44Wakefield WestgateOldham Mumps railway station
Door to door 1h 10mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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When to book Wakefield to Oldham
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €15.193 days
- €17.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 46 percent. The most expensive point is €17.39, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Wakefield
Rail
- Wakefield Westgate
- Wakefield Kirkgate railway station
- Wakefield Westgate railway station
Oldham
Rail
- Oldham Mumps railway station
- Oldham Central railway station
- Oldham Werneth railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 50 km against 44 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Preston, Scunthorpe, Fylde, York. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Wakefield at 06:02 and the last at 14:29, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Wakefield to Oldham
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Wakefield to Oldham take?
The Train from Wakefield to Oldham takes 1h 10m door to door, of which 26m is spent moving. The route runs 50 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Wakefield to Oldham cost?
The Train from Wakefield to Oldham starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €14.92. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Wakefield to Oldham?
3 operators run the Train from Wakefield to Oldham: Arriva Rail North, North TransPennine, TransPennine Express. Between them they file around 10 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Wakefield to Oldham use?
The Train from Wakefield to Oldham leaves from Wakefield Westgate and arrives at Oldham Mumps railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Wakefield to Oldham?
Fares for the Train from Wakefield to Oldham bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 46 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Wakefield to Oldham produce?
The Train from Wakefield to Oldham produces about 1.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 50 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Wakefield to Oldham?
Operators on the Train from Wakefield to Oldham publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 10m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Wakefield to Oldham on September 9, 2026: 50 km of route against 44 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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