Sankey railway station

Sankey for Penketh
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Location
Place	Great Sankey
Local authority	Warrington
Coordinates
Grid reference	SJ568885
Operations
Station code	SNK
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	56,905
2005/06	62,980
2006/07	59,780
2007/08	69,285
2008/09	78,730
2009/10	75,468
2010/11	99,652
2011/12	119,756
2012/13	111,822
2013/14	118,460
History
Key dates	Opened 1874 (1874)
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.
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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 Rail. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.

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. At other times you must buy a ticket from the conductor on board, all railcard fares are valid. 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 a Disabled ramp on Platform 1.

Services

Services are approximately hourly in each direction, towards Widnes and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Warrington Central and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. There are 2 trains per hour during peak hours time and the station is closed on Sundays.

See also

• Listed buildings in Great Sankey

External links

• Train times and station information for Sankey railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Widnes		Northern Rail Manchester to Liverpool Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Warrington Central
	Disused railways
Tanhouse Lane Line and station closed		Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee Widnes Loop		Warrington Central Line and station open