Sankey For Penketh Railway Station

SANKEY SNK | 2388

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Sankey For Penketh station is managed by Northern Trains and is located in Warrington within the North West area of England.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 228 journeys were made between Sankey For Penketh and Liverpool Lime Street—that's 17% of all passenger journeys at this station! Previously the most common journey flow was to & from Warrington Central.

Passenger numbers for Sankey For Penketh peaked during 2016-17 with 172,346 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 1% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 3% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Sankey For Penketh table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	51,240
1998-99	49,166
1999-00	54,679
2000-01	54,989
2001-02	52,489
2002-03	46,630
2003-04
2004-05	56,905
2005-06	62,980
2006-07	59,780
2007-08	69,285
2008-09	78,730
2009-10	75,468
2010-11	99,652
2011-12	120,118
2012-13	111,822
2013-14	118,460
2014-15	134,156
2015-16	144,868
2016-17	172,346
2017-18	171,646
2018-19	142,024
2019-20	122,850
2020-21	1,498
2021-22	2,930
2022-23	3,358
2023-24	1,362
2024-25

Data Notes

2021-2022: Half a mile away, Warrington West railway station opened in December 2019. At that time, the ticket office at Sankey closed and services at Sankey were reduced to two trains per day in each direction.
2020-2021: Half a mile away, Warrington West railway station opened in December 2019. At that time, the ticket office at Sankey closed and services at Sankey were reduced to two trains per day in each direction.
2019-2020: Services reduced as part of the development at nearby Warrington West station
2018-2019: Liverpool Lime Street closure 2018. Issues with May 2018 timetable introduction.
2014-2015: Reason for change unclear
2011-2012: Continues high growth from previous year
2010-2011: #No obvious reason to explain change in usage
2003-2004: Estimates of station usage for the year April 2003 to March 2004 were not produced.