Sandbach railway station

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For the former North Staffordshire Railway station, see Wheelock & Sandbach railway station.

Sandbach
National Rail
Sandbach Rail Station.JPG
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.
LocationSandbach, Cheshire East
England
Grid referenceSJ737615
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeSDB
ClassificationDfT category E
Passengers
2016/17Increase 0.286 million
2017/18Increase 0.279 million
2018/19Decrease 0.277 million
2019/20Increase 0.282 million
2020/21Decrease 63,840
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sandbach railway station serves the town of Sandbach in Cheshire, England. The station is 4+3⁄4 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.

History[]

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; opening on 1 July 1868,[1] it closed for passenger service in January 1960, but it still carries freight on a daily basis. Even earlier, the North Staffordshire Railway branch from Kidsgrove to Sandbach via Lawton Junction ceased passenger service in July 1930 and closed to freight traffic in 1964.

Services[]

On Monday to Saturday during the daytime there are two trains per hour to Crewe southbound, one per hour to Manchester Piccadilly and one per hour to Liverpool Lime Street northbound. The Piccadilly service goes via Stockport (calls at all stations en route) and the Liverpool service via Styal and St Helens Junction (calling at all stations en route). There is an hourly service during the evening in each direction via Stockport.[2]

On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction, northbound via Stockport.

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 used on weekday mornings and as required.

Facilities[]

The station has a ticket office on platform 1; this is manned part-time on Mondays to Saturdays only (Monday - Friday 06:30 - 13:00 Saturday 07:20 - 13:50).[3] Outside these times, tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on board the train. A waiting room on platforms 2 and 3 is open at the times the station is staffed, whilst there are shelters on both sides. Train running details are offered via timetable posters, digital CIS displays and by telephone. No step-free access is available, as the footbridge to platforms 2 and 3 does not have ramps and the Crewe platform has steps from the car park.

References[]

  1. ^ Herapath's Railway Journal, Punl. Aug 15, 1868, page 829.
  2. ^ Table 84 National Rail timetable, December 2018
  3. ^ "Sandbach (SDB)". Retrieved 4 August 2013.

Further reading[]

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 10-14. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.

External links[]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Crewe   Northern Trains
Crewe-Manchester Line 		  Holmes Chapel
  Historical railways  
Cledford Bridge Halt   London and North Western Railway
Northwich to Sandbach Branch 		  Terminus

Coordinates: 53°09′00″N 2°23′38″W / 53.150°N 2.394°W / 53.150; -2.394


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