Penistone train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Penistone on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Barnsley Interchange, with 34 trains a day.
Address: S36 6HL
Penistone is the nearest station for postcodes in S36. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 1,511th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 15 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Penistone
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley Interchange | 34 | 35 | 22 |
| Dodworth | 34 | 35 | 22 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 34 | 35 | 22 |
| Sheffield | 34 | 35 | 22 |
| Silkstone Common | 34 | 35 | 22 |
| Berry Brow | 34 | 35 | 21 |
| Brockholes | 34 | 35 | 21 |
| Denby Dale | 34 | 35 | 21 |
| Honley | 34 | 35 | 21 |
| Lockwood | 34 | 35 | 21 |
| Shepley | 34 | 35 | 21 |
| Stocksmoor | 34 | 35 | 21 |
| Chapeltown | 34 | 35 | 14 |
| Elsecar | 34 | 35 | 14 |
| Wombwell | 34 | 35 | 14 |
| Darnall | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Gainsborough Lea Road | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Kiveton Bridge | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Kiveton Park | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Retford | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Shireoaks | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Saxilby | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Woodhouse | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Worksop | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Lines serving Penistone
Penistone is on the Penistone Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Penistone station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Penistone 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 Penistone station is
162,898 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,511th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Penistone and Barnsley than any other pair: 41,474 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
- Silkstone Common 2.5 miles
- Denby Dale 3.7 miles
- Dodworth 3.9 miles
- Shepley 5.5 miles
- Darton 5.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Penistone, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Oxspring · 1.4 miles
- Moor End goods · 2.9 miles
- Thurgoland · 3.1 miles
- Stocksbridge platform · 3.3 miles
- Hazlehead Bridge · 3.6 miles
- Wortley · 3.9 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Penistone station
Penistone is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Toilets
Parking at Penistone station
- Station Car Park 15 spaces
free
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 18 August 2026.
Getting to Penistone station
Penistone station is in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J37 (Dodworth), 4.5 miles north-east.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Sheffield Road/Station Approach.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Penistone 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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