Retford train station
You can reach 59 stations directly from Retford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Sheffield, with 40 trains a day.
Retford is the nearest station for postcodes in DN22. Check your own postcode.
- 59 direct destinations
- 791st busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 84 parking spaces
- 1 bus stop nearby
Direct trains from Retford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 40 | 38 | 30 |
| Worksop | 40 | 38 | 30 |
| London King's Cross | 39 | 37 | 28 |
| Doncaster | 38 | 34 | 28 |
| Kiveton Park | 38 | 38 | 30 |
| Darnall | 37 | 37 | 29 |
| Kiveton Bridge | 37 | 37 | 30 |
| Shireoaks | 37 | 37 | 30 |
| Woodhouse | 37 | 37 | 30 |
| Gainsborough Lea Road | 33 | 33 | 27 |
| Lincoln | 33 | 33 | 27 |
| Leeds | 33 | 32 | 2 |
| Saxilby | 33 | 33 | 27 |
| Barnsley Interchange | 27 | 27 | 12 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 27 | 27 | 13 |
| Wakefield Kirkgate | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Grantham | 24 | 21 | 16 |
| Peterborough | 21 | 22 | 15 |
| Brough | 15 | 14 | 12 |
| Hull Paragon Interchange | 15 | 14 | 12 |
| Selby | 15 | 14 | 12 |
| York | 15 | 16 | 13 |
| Howden | 14 | 12 | 11 |
| Stevenage | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Newark Northgate | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Beverley | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Cottingham | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Darlington | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Newcastle | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Brigg | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barnetby | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleethorpes | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Durham | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gainsborough Central | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirton Lindsey | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Thornaby | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aberdeen | 1 | 1 | 0 |
and 19 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Retford
Retford is on the East Coast Main Line and the Sheffield to Lincoln Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Retford station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Retford station on 79 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 13 paths on the Wednesday, 12 paths on the Saturday and 2 paths on the Sunday. 4 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 23:00 to 00:00 on the Friday, with 6 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Retford station is
602,590 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 791st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 104,595 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Retford and London Kings Cross than any other pair: 239,374 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: 44 stations instead of 59, a drop of about 25%. Saturday runs to 51.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Retford gains 3 destinations including Alnmouth, Kirkcaldy, Morpeth.
Nearest other stations
- Worksop 7.3 miles
- Gainsborough Lea Road 8.8 miles
- Shireoaks 9.2 miles
- Gainsborough Central 9.4 miles
- Whitwell 10.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Retford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Barnby Moor and Sutton · 3.2 miles
- Checker House · 3.6 miles
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Facilities at Retford station
Retford is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 13:00 · Saturday: 06:00 to 13:00 · Sunday: 08:20 to 13:35
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Retford station
- Station Car Park 84 spaces, 4 accessible
£2.20 an hour, £6.75 off-peak, £13.50 a day, £54.00 a week
Cycle parking: 38 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 31 August 2026.
Getting to Retford station
Retford station is in Bassetlaw, East Midlands, and is run by London North Eastern Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J34 (Blyth Interchange), 6.8 miles north-west.
1 bus stop is within a short walk, the nearest being Retford Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Retford 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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