Sandbach railway station

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4+3⁄4 miles (8 km) north-east of Crewe, on the Crewe to Manchester Line. Although the station is named Sandbach, it is located in the local residential suburb of Elworth on the A533 road, which links the town with Middlewich and Northwich.

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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; it opened on 1 July 1868, [2] and closed for passenger service in January 1960, but it still carries freight on a daily basis.

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.

In 1998, the station underwent a £750,000 refurbishment by North Western Trains. [1]

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on platform 1; this is staffed 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, on-line 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.

The station has three platforms:

Services

During the daytime on Mondays to Saturdays, there are two trains per hour in each direction between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly: [4]

On evenings and Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly, via Stockport.

All stopping services are operated by Northern Trains.

Sandbach
National Rail logo.svg
Sandbach Rail Station.JPG
View of platforms 2 and 3 from the old bridge in December 2007, which was recently replaced
General information
Location Sandbach, Cheshire East
England
Grid reference SJ737615
Managed by Northern Trains
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeSDB
Classification DfT category E
Key dates
1998Refurbished [1]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 0.277 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg 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

53°09′00″N2°23′38″W / 53.150°N 2.394°W / 53.150; -2.394

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References

  1. 1 2 "Extracts from the Chronicle Files "25 years ago"". Glancing Back. Congleton Chronicle . 25 May 2023. p. 6.
  2. ↑ Herapath's Railway Journal, Punl. Aug 15, 1868, page 829.
  3. ↑ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Sandbach". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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