Sandbach railway station

You can reach 19 stations directly from Sandbach on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Alderley Edge, with 64 trains a day.

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Sandbach is the nearest station for postcodes in CW11. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Sandbach

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
Alderley Edge646417
Crewe646417
Holmes Chapel646416
Manchester Piccadilly646417
Wilmslow646417
Chelford363616
Cheadle Hulme363617
Goostrey363616
Heaton Chapel36362
Handforth363617
Levenshulme36361
Stockport363617
Burnage28280
East Didsbury28280
Gatley28280
Heald Green28280
Mauldeth Road28280
Manchester Airport28280
Styal28280

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How busy Sandbach is

294,738 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,166th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Sandbach and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 100,728 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 12 stations instead of 19, a drop of about 37%. Saturday runs to 19.

Nearest other stations

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Sandbach, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

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More about this station on Wikipedia.