Sandbach railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Sandbach
other_name=
code = SDB


caption = View of Sandbach station from the bridge overpass for trains heading to Manchester. Furthest line for trains to Crewe.
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Elworth
borough = Congleton (borough)
lowusage0405 = 106,051
lowusage0506 = 98,217
lowusage0607 = 86,255
platforms = 2 (+1 for Freight)
years =
events =

Sandbach railway station serves the town of Sandbach in Cheshire, England. The station is 8 km (4¾ miles) 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 the 1950's. Even earlier, the North Staffordshire Railway branch from Kidsgrove to Sandbach ceased passenger service in the 1930's and closed for freight traffic in the 1960's.

ervices

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.

On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction (via Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly northbound.)

External links

* [http://www.crewe2manchesterrail.org.uk Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership]

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