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 Trains.

Sandal and Agbrigg
View from Platform 2
General information
Location	Agbrigg, City of Wakefield England
Coordinates	53.663000°N 1.481000°W / 53.663000; -1.481000
Grid reference	SE343186
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SNA
Fare zone	3
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
February 1866	Original 'Sandal' station opened
4 November 1957	Closed to passengers
30 November 1987	Reopened as 'Sandal and Agbrigg'
Passengers
2019/20	0.265 million
2020/21	58,554
2021/22	0.143 million
2022/23	0.175 million
2023/24	0.190 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Fitzwilliam		Northern Trains Wakefield Line		Wakefield Westgate
Historical railways
Hare Park & Crofton		Great Northern Railway West Riding and Grimsby Railway		Wakefield Westgate

References

1. "List of West Yorkshire passenger stations". lostrailwaysofwestyorkshire.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. Sandal and Agbrigg station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 24 January 2017
3. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 31

External links

• Train times and station information for Sandal and Agbrigg railway station from National Rail