Sandal and Agbrigg railway station
Sandal and Agbrigg railway station serves the Wakefield suburbs of Sandal and Agbrigg in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is operated by Northern.
Sandal and Agbrigg  | |
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 View from Platform 2 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Agbrigg |
| Local authority | City of Wakefield |
| Coordinates | 53.663000°N 1.481000°W |
| Grid reference | SE343186 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SNA |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2014/15 |  |
| 2015/16 |  |
| 2016/17 | |
| 2017/18 |  |
| 2018/19 | |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| Original company | West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| February 1866 | Original 'Sandal' station opened |
| 4 November 1957 | Closed to passengers |
| 30 November 1987 | Reopened as 'Sandal and Agbrigg' |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sandal and Agbrigg from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
History
The station was opened in February 1866 as 'Sandal' and was on the West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway which linked Wakefield with Doncaster. Approximately 1.3 miles south east of Sandal railway station in the village of Walton on the North Midland Railway line was another station called Sandal and Walton. Just south of the station there was a spur which linked the WR&GR line with the NMR line which crossed over Oakenshaw Lane. In 1923, the line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway before being absorbed into British Rail after nationalisation.
It was closed to passengers on 4 November 1957,[1] but the route remained open.
The station was then reopened at the same site and renamed Sandal and Agbrigg on 30 November 1987 by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, one of several closed stations in the West Yorkshire area to be reopened during the mid/late eighties and early nineties (other examples included Frizinghall, Outwood & Steeton and Silsden).
Facilities
The station has two wooden platforms with waiting shelters and digital CIS displays. It is unstaffed but has a self-service ticket machine, customer help points and automated announcements provide train running information. Step-free access on both sides is via ramps.[2]
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to Wakefield Westgate and Leeds northbound and an hourly service to each of Doncaster and Sheffield southbound.[3]
On Sundays, there is a similar service frequency in operation (hourly to both Doncaster and Sheffield, two per hour to Wakefield and Leeds) but starting later in the day.
The entrance to Platform 2 has two brick logos - the British Rail logo and the 'M' logo for the West Yorkshire PTE (known as 'Metro')
Information sign at the entrance of Platform 2 with the former British Rail 'Regional Railways North East' logo showing.
View from Platform 1
References
- "List of West Yorkshire passenger stations". lostrailwaysofwestyorkshire.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- Sandal and Agbrigg station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 24 January 2017
- GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 31
External links
- Train times and station information for Sandal and Agbrigg railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Wakefield Line | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Hare Park & Crofton | Great Northern Railway West Riding and Grimsby Railway |
Wakefield Westgate | ||