Scunthorpe railway station
You can reach 25 stations directly from Scunthorpe on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Doncaster, with 50 trains a day.
Scunthorpe is the nearest station for postcodes in DN16, DN15. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Scunthorpe
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | 50 | 50 | 27 |
| Barnetby | 34 | 34 | 27 |
| Cleethorpes | 34 | 34 | 27 |
| Grimsby Town | 34 | 34 | 27 |
| Habrough | 34 | 34 | 27 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 34 | 33 | 27 |
| Sheffield | 34 | 33 | 27 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 32 | 32 | 26 |
| Stockport | 32 | 32 | 26 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 31 | 31 | 24 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 31 | 31 | 24 |
| Birchwood | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Warrington Central | 30 | 31 | 24 |
| Irlam | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| Urmston | 21 | 22 | 0 |
| Althorpe | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Crowle | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Hatfield & Stainforth | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Thorne South | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Kirk Sandall | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Dore and Totley | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Warrington West | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Rotherham Central | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Manchester Airport | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Scunthorpe is
379,072 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,011th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 405 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Scunthorpe and Doncaster than any other pair: 57,948 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: 16 stations instead of 25, a drop of about 36%. Saturday runs to 24.
Nearest other stations
- Althorpe 3.3 miles
- Crowle 6.8 miles
- Brigg 7.3 miles
- Kirton Lindsey 7.4 miles
- Barnetby 9.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Scunthorpe, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Frodingham · 0.6 miles
- Scunthorpe (Dawes Lane) · 0.7 miles
- Normanby Park · 2.2 miles
- Gunness and Burringham · 3.1 miles
- Gunhouse Wharf · 3.2 miles
- Keadby · 3.8 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.