Bentham train station
You can reach 21 stations directly from Bentham on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Carnforth, with 16 trains a day.
Direct trains from Bentham
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnforth | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Clapham | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Gargrave | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Giggleswick | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Hellifield | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Lancaster | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Long Preston | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Skipton | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Wennington | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Bingley | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| Keighley | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| Shipley | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| Leeds | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Bare Lane | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Morecambe | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Steeton and Silsden | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Bradford Forster Square | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cononley | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Crossflatts | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Frizinghall | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Saltaire | 1 | 1 | 1 |
How busy Bentham station is
41,208 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,113th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bentham and Lancaster than any other pair: 14,188 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.
Nearest other stations
- Wennington 3.2 miles
- Clapham 4.1 miles
- Ribblehead 8.7 miles
- Horton-in-Ribblesdale 8.8 miles
- Giggleswick 9.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bentham, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Low Bentham · 1.0 miles
- Ingleton (Midland) · 3.0 miles
- Ingleton (L&NW) · 3.1 miles
- Wray · 4.4 miles
- Melling · 4.4 miles
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Facilities at Bentham station
Bentham is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Bentham station
Bentham station is in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M6 J35 (Carnforth Interchange), 9.6 miles west.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Bentham Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bentham 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