Place Agbrigg Station code SNA 2011/12 0.183 million Number of platforms 2 Pte West Yorkshire Metro | Grid reference SE343186 DfT category F1 2012/13 0.241 million | |
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Address Wakefield WF1 5AF, United Kingdom Original company West Riding and Grimsby Railway Similar Wakefield Kirkgate railway st, Wakefield Westgate railway st, Streethouse railway station, Outwood railway station, Fitzwilliam 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.
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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, 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.
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.
On Sundays, there is an hourly service towards Leeds and two-hourly services to each of Doncaster and Sheffield.