Doncaster railway station

Doncaster is a major interchange: 136 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Sheffield, with 136 trains a day.

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Address: DN1 1PE

Doncaster is the nearest station for postcodes in DN1, DN4, DN2, DN11. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Doncaster

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Sheffield	136	146	126
London King's Cross	143	133	117
Meadowhall Interchange	114	113	89
Leeds	105	101	84
Wakefield Westgate	104	101	84
Peterborough	92	85	69
Brough	83	80	71
Hull Paragon Interchange	83	80	71
York	73	80	80
Adwick	71	70	30
Bentley (South Yorkshire)	71	70	30
Newark Northgate	76	70	59
Darlington	53	66	63
Goole	67	66	60
Newcastle	53	66	63
Edinburgh Waverley	33	55	46
Hatfield & Stainforth	53	53	32
Kirk Sandall	52	52	32
Grantham	59	51	43
Scunthorpe	50	50	27
Rotherham Central	45	44	32
Conisbrough	43	43	32
Mexborough	43	43	32
Swinton (South Yorkshire)	43	43	32
Durham	27	40	39
Berwick-upon-Tweed	20	39	35
Thorne North	37	37	32
Fitzwilliam	37	36	30
Outwood	37	36	30
South Elmsall	37	36	30
Sandal and Agbrigg	37	36	30
Stevenage	40	35	32
Barnetby	34	34	27
Cleethorpes	34	34	27
Grimsby Town	34	34	27
Habrough	34	34	27
Manchester Piccadilly	33	34	28
Retford	36	34	28
Stockport	33	34	28
Beverley	33	33	27

and 102 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Doncaster is

4,533,514 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 121st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 1,673,640 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Doncaster and London Kings Cross than any other pair: 1,049,888 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

Bentley (South Yorkshire) 1.6 miles
Adwick 3.8 miles
Kirk Sandall 3.9 miles
Conisbrough 4.5 miles
Mexborough 6.5 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Doncaster (St. James' Bridge) · 0.3 miles
Doncaster (Cherry Tree Lane) · 0.4 miles
Doncaster (York Road) · 0.6 miles
Hexthorpe railway platform · 0.9 miles
Spike Island · 1.6 miles
Arksey · 2.1 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.