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	Great Sankey, Warrington England
Coordinates	53.3923°N 2.6506°W
Grid reference	SJ568885
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SNK
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
May 1874	Opened as Sankey
by July 1903	Renamed Sankey for Penketh
Passengers
2015/16	0.145 million
2016/17	0.172 million
2017/18	0.172 million
2018/19	0.142 million
2019/20	0.123 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

• Listed buildings in Great Sankey

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.

External links

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