Sandal and Agbrigg railway station

Sandal and Agbrigg National Rail

View from Platform 2
Location
Place Agbrigg
Local authority City of Wakefield
Coordinates 53°39′47″N 1°28′52″W / 53.663000°N 1.481000°W / 53.663000; -1.481000Coordinates: 53°39′47″N 1°28′52″W / 53.663000°N 1.481000°W / 53.663000; -1.481000
Grid reference SE343186
Operations
Station code SNA
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   97,328
2005/06 Increase 0.107 million
2006/07 Increase 0.119 million
2007/08 Increase 0.123 million
2008/09 Increase 0.162 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.159 million
2010/11 Increase 0.180 million
2011/12 Increase 0.183 million
2012/13 Increase 0.241 million
2013/14 Increase 0.260 million
2014/15 Increase 0.275 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone 3
History
Original company West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
February 1866 Original 'Sandal' station opened
4 November 1957 Closed to passengers
30 November 1987 Reopened as 'Sandal and Agbrigg'
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sandal and Agbrigg from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Sandal and Agbrigg railway station serves the Wakefield suburbs of Sandal and Agbrigg in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is operated by Northern.

History

The station was opened in February 1866 as 'Sandal' and was on the West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway which linked Wakefield with Doncaster. Approximately 1.3 miles south east of Sandal railway station in the village of Walton on the North Midland Railway line was another station called Sandal and Walton. Just south of the station there was a spur which linked the WR&GR line with the NMR line which crossed over Oakenshaw Lane. In 1923, the line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway before being absorbed into British Rail after nationalisation.

It was closed to passengers on 4 November 1957,[1] but the route remained open.

The station was then reopened at the same site and renamed Sandal and Agbrigg on 30 November 1987 by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive along with other former stations in the West Yorkshire area.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to Wakefield Westgate and Leeds northbound and an hourly service to each of Doncaster and Sheffield southbound.[2]

On Sundays, there is an hourly service towards Leeds and two-hourly services to each of Doncaster and Sheffield.

References

Sandal and Agbrigg

Legend
To Wakefield Westgate & Leeds
To Fitzwilliam, Doncaster & Sheffield

External links

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Rail


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