Sandbach railway station
Sandbach  | |
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View of Platforms 2 and 3 from the old bridge. A newly built bridge between platforms 1 and 2/3 has been built and the old bridge removed. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Sandbach |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Grid reference | SJ737615 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SDB |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2002/03 | 0.106 million |
| 2004/05 |
 0.106 million |
| 2005/06 |
 98,217 |
| 2006/07 |
86,255 |
| 2007/08 |
 0.136 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.144 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.130 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.147 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.159 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.167 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.180 million |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sandbach from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Sandbach railway station serves the town of Sandbach in Cheshire, England. The station is 4¾ miles (8 km) north east of Crewe on the Crewe to Manchester Line.
Although the station is called "Sandbach railway station", the actual location of the station is on the A533 road from Sandbach to Middlewich and Northwich in the local residential suburb of Elworth.
Sandbach was a double junction on the LNWR and later London Midland and Scottish Railway line from Crewe to Manchester. For many years, Sandbach was a junction for the single line branch to Middlewich and Northwich railway station, which carried a heavy freight traffic but which closed for passenger service in January 1960 (this remains open for freight, but only sees occasional use). Even earlier, the North Staffordshire Railway branch from Kidsgrove to Sandbach ceased passenger service in the 1930s and closed for freight traffic in the 1960s.
Services
On Monday to Saturday during the daytime there are two trains per hour to Crewe southbound and two per hour to Manchester Piccadilly northbound. One journey goes via Stockport and the other via Manchester Airport. There is an hourly service during the evening in each direction via Stockport.[1]
On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction.
Sandbach has three platforms :-
- Platform 1 is the Main Platform for trains to Crewe
- Platform 2 is the Main Platform for services to Manchester Piccadilly.
- Platform 3 is a bidirectional platform, which is only used occasionally.
The station does not have a waiting room, toilets or ATM facilities.[2]
References
- ↑ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 84
- ↑ "Sandbach (SDB)". Retrieved 2013-08-04.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sandbach railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Sandbach railway station from National Rail
- Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership
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Coordinates: 53°09′00″N 2°23′38″W / 53.150°N 2.394°W