Knottingley railway station
You can reach 15 stations directly from Knottingley on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Pontefract Monkhill, with 70 trains a day.
Knottingley is the nearest station for postcodes in WF11. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Knottingley
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontefract Monkhill | 70 | 69 | 30 |
| Leeds | 68 | 67 | 30 |
| Castleford | 37 | 36 | 15 |
| Glasshoughton | 37 | 36 | 15 |
| Woodlesford | 37 | 36 | 15 |
| Featherstone | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Pontefract Tanshelf | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Streethouse | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Wakefield Kirkgate | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Goole | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Hensall | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rawcliffe | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Snaith | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Whitley Bridge | 3 | 3 | 0 |
How busy Knottingley is
156,292 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,528th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Knottingley and Leeds than any other pair: 82,720 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: 10 stations instead of 15, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 15.
Nearest other stations
- Pontefract Monkhill 1.9 miles
- Pontefract Baghill 2.1 miles
- Pontefract Tanshelf 2.6 miles
- Glasshoughton 3.4 miles
- Castleford 4.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Knottingley, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ferrybridge · 0.6 miles
- Burton Salmon · 2.7 miles
- Monk Fryston · 3.8 miles
- Womersley · 4.1 miles
- Ackworth · 4.2 miles
- Castleford Cutsyke · 4.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.