Sankey railway station

Sankey railway station, also known as Sankey for Penketh, is a railway station in the west of Warrington, Cheshire, England, serving the Great Sankey, Penketh and Whittle Hall areas of the town. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1]

Sankey for Penketh
Location
PlaceGreat Sankey
Local authorityWarrington
Coordinates53.3923°N 2.6506°W / 53.3923; -2.6506
Grid referenceSJ568885
Operations
Station codeSNK
Managed byNorthern Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.134 million
2015/16 0.145 million
2016/17 0.172 million
2017/18 0.172 million
2018/19 0.142 million
History
Original companyCheshire Lines Committee
Pre-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Post-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
May 1874 (1874-05)Opened as Sankey
by July 1903Renamed Sankey for Penketh
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sankey for Penketh from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Facilities

The main station building is the original (dating from the opening of the line in 1874) and of a standard style used by the Cheshire Lines Committee. It is used as a booking office and waiting room, though part of the building is a house and another part disused. Passengers have little shelter available when the main building is closed and seats are only available on the Manchester bound platform, which has recently had a shelter installed. The station is staffed on Monday to Saturday mornings (from start of service until 14:30). At other times you must buy a ticket from the machine on the Liverpool bound platform. There is a car park outside and the former goods yard has been used for building houses. The station was upgraded in May 2013 with automated announcements and in 2016, digital information screens were added. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[2]

Services

Prior to the opening of the nearby Warrington West, Services departed Sankey for Penketh approximately hourly in each direction; however since the opening of the new station Sankey for Penketh now only has two services a day in each direction, one in each direction in the morning 07:45 (Towards Liverpool Lime Street) and 08:20 (Towards Manchester Oxford Road) and one in each direction in the evening 17:52 (Towards Manchester Oxford Road) and 17:57 (Towards Liverpool Lime Street). All services are operated by Northern Trains.

Future

Half a mile away, Warrington West railway station opened on 15 December 2019.[3] At that time, the ticket office at Sankey closed, and services at Sankey were reduced to two trains per day in each direction, only during peak times.[4] Beyond that, there is no indication as to the future of Sankey for Penketh station.

See also

References
  1. Historic England. "Sankey railway station (1230788)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. Sankey station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 12 December 2016
  3. "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Warrington West". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. Dunning, Gareth. "Open…no hours: Northern's bizarre ticket office update". Warrington Guardian. Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Widnes   Northern Trains
Manchester to Liverpool Line		   Warrington West
Disused railways
Tanhouse Lane
Line and station closed		   Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee
Widnes Loop		   Warrington Central
Line and station open
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