Sandbach | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Sandbach, Cheshire East England | ||||
Grid reference | SJ737615 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SDB | ||||
Classification | DfT categoryE | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1998 | Refurbished[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.277 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.282 million | ||||
2020/21 | 63,840 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.193 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.231 million | ||||
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Sandbach railway station serves the town of SandbachinCheshire, England. The station is sited 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.
Sandbach was a double junction on the LNWR and later London Midland and Scottish Railway line from CrewetoManchester.
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]
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:
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.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Crewe | Northern Trains Crewe-Manchester Line |
Holmes Chapel | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Cledford Bridge Halt | London and North Western Railway Northwich to Sandbach Branch |
Terminus |
Railway stations in Cheshire
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West Coast Main Line |
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Crewe–Manchester line |
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Styal line |
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Crewe–Derby line |
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Stoke–Manchester line |
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Buxton line |
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Mid-Cheshire line |
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CLC Liverpool–Manchester line |
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Chester–Warrington line |
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Hooton–Helsby line |
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Chester–Birkenhead line |
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Welsh Marches line |
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Borderlands line |
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Shrewsbury–Chester line |
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Crewe–Liverpool line |
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53°09′00″N 2°23′38″W / 53.150°N 2.394°W / 53.150; -2.394
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