Pontefract Baghill railway station
You can reach 12 stations directly from Pontefract Baghill on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Church Fenton, with 6 trains a day.
See Pontefract Baghill on the map
Address: Station Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1QR
Pontefract Baghill is the nearest station for postcodes in WF8. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Pontefract Baghill
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Fenton | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Moorthorpe | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Rotherham Central | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Sheffield | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Sherburn-in-Elmet | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Swinton (South Yorkshire) | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Ulleskelf | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| York | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Bolton-upon-Dearne | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Goldthorpe | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Thurnscoe | 3 | 2 | 1 |
How busy Pontefract Baghill is
18,130 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,298th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Pontefract Baghill and York than any other pair: 8,268 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
- Pontefract Monkhill 0.5 miles
- Pontefract Tanshelf 0.7 miles
- Glasshoughton 2.0 miles
- Knottingley 2.1 miles
- Featherstone 2.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Pontefract Baghill, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ferrybridge · 1.9 miles
- Ackworth · 2.6 miles
- Castleford Cutsyke · 3.1 miles
- Burton Salmon · 4.1 miles
- Ledston · 4.2 miles
- Methley South · 4.6 miles
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More about this station on Wikipedia.