Sankey for Penketh train station
You can reach 10 stations directly from Sankey for Penketh on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Halewood, with 4 trains a day.
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- 10 direct destinations
- 2,527th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 10 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Sankey for Penketh
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halewood | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Hough Green | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Hunts Cross | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mossley Hill | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Warrington Central | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Widnes | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| West Allerton | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Warrington West | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Lines serving Sankey for Penketh
Sankey for Penketh is on the Manchester and Allerton Junction Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Sankey for Penketh station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Sankey for Penketh station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Sankey for Penketh station is
1,204 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,527th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Sankey for Penketh and Birchwood than any other pair: 274 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
There is no Sunday service from Sankey for Penketh. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Warrington West 0.6 miles
- Warrington Bank Quay 2.0 miles
- Warrington Central 2.4 miles
- St Helens Junction 3.5 miles
- Widnes 3.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Sankey for Penketh, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Sankey Bridges · 1.1 miles
- Fidlers Ferry & Penketh · 1.2 miles
- Whitecross · 1.7 miles
- Cuerdley · 2.1 miles
- Dallam Lane · 2.3 miles
- Warrington Arpley · 2.4 miles
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Facilities at Sankey for Penketh station
Sankey for Penketh is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Sankey for Penketh station
- Station Car Park 10 spaces
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Sankey for Penketh station
Sankey for Penketh station is in Warrington, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M62 J8 (Burtonwood Roundabout), 1.6 miles north.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Sankey Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Sankey for Penketh station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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