Swinton (South Yorkshire) train station
You can reach 25 stations directly from Swinton (South Yorkshire) on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Sheffield, with 87 trains a day.
See Swinton (South Yorkshire) on the map
Swinton (South Yorkshire) is the nearest station for postcodes in S62. Check your own postcode.
- 25 direct destinations
- 1,082nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 150 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Swinton (South Yorkshire)
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 87 | 89 | 66 |
| Rotherham Central | 87 | 89 | 65 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 87 | 89 | 64 |
| Moorthorpe | 44 | 46 | 34 |
| Conisbrough | 43 | 43 | 32 |
| Doncaster | 43 | 43 | 32 |
| Mexborough | 43 | 43 | 32 |
| Bolton-upon-Dearne | 41 | 42 | 31 |
| Goldthorpe | 41 | 42 | 31 |
| Thurnscoe | 41 | 42 | 31 |
| Fitzwilliam | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Leeds | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Outwood | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Sandal and Agbrigg | 36 | 39 | 30 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Church Fenton | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Pontefract Baghill | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Sherburn-in-Elmet | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Ulleskelf | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| York | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Goole | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hatfield & Stainforth | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kirk Sandall | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Thorne North | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brough | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ferriby | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gilberdyke | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hessle | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hull Paragon Interchange | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lines serving Swinton (South Yorkshire)
Swinton (South Yorkshire) is on the Swinton and Milford Junction Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Swinton (South Yorkshire) station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Swinton (South Yorkshire) station on 522 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 91 paths on the Wednesday, 55 paths on the Saturday and 13 paths on the Sunday. 80 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 07:00 to 08:00 on the Monday, with 8 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 Swinton (South Yorkshire) station is
346,188 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,082nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 3,770 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Swinton (South Yorkshire) and Sheffield than any other pair: 140,020 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
- Mexborough 0.8 miles
- Bolton-upon-Dearne 2.3 miles
- Conisbrough 2.9 miles
- Goldthorpe 3.3 miles
- Thurnscoe 4.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Swinton (South Yorkshire), from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Swinton Town · 0.2 miles
- Swinton Central · 0.3 miles
- Mexborough Junction · 0.6 miles
- Kilnhurst West · 1.0 miles
- Kilnhurst Central · 1.0 miles
- Mexborough (Ferry Boat) Halt · 1.3 miles
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Facilities at Swinton (South Yorkshire) station
Swinton (South Yorkshire) is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:00 to 13:30 · Saturday: 07:00 to 13:30 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Swinton (South Yorkshire) station
- Station Car Park 150 spaces
free
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Swinton (South Yorkshire) station
Swinton (South Yorkshire) station is in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M18 J1 (Hellaby Interchange), 4.6 miles south-east.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Swinton Interchange/SW1.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Swinton (South Yorkshire) 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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