Wakefield Kirkgate railway station

You can reach 49 stations directly from Wakefield Kirkgate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Leeds, with 129 trains a day.

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Address: Monk Street, Wakefield, WF1 4EL

Wakefield Kirkgate is the nearest station for postcodes in WF90. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Wakefield Kirkgate

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Leeds	129	129	58
Barnsley Interchange	99	98	43
Meadowhall Interchange	99	98	43
Sheffield	99	98	43
Normanton	74	76	44
Castleford	69	71	42
Mirfield	42	2	2
Pontefract Monkhill	39	38	19
Chapeltown	38	37	16
Darton	38	37	17
Elsecar	38	37	16
Wombwell	38	37	16
Woodlesford	37	37	16
Greenfield	34	2	2
Huddersfield	34	2	2
Manchester Piccadilly	34	2	2
Mossley	34	2	2
Marsden	34	2	2
Slaithwaite	34	2	2
Stalybridge	34	2	2
Featherstone	33	33	15
Knottingley	33	33	15
Pontefract Tanshelf	33	33	15
Streethouse	33	33	15
Wakefield Westgate	33	33	15
York	33	35	26
Chesterfield	32	1	0
Dronfield	32	1	0
Alfreton	31	0	0
Ilkeston	31	0	0
Langley Mill	31	0	0
Nottingham	31	0	0
Darnall	27	27	0
Kiveton Bridge	27	27	0
Kiveton Park	27	27	0
Retford	27	27	0
Shireoaks	27	27	0
Woodhouse	27	27	0
Worksop	27	27	0
Gainsborough Lea Road	26	26	0

and 9 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Wakefield Kirkgate is

611,788 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 782nd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 209,305 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Wakefield Kirkgate and Leeds than any other pair: 71,172 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

Wakefield Westgate 0.7 miles
Sandal and Agbrigg 1.1 miles
Outwood 2.7 miles
Normanton 3.1 miles
Streethouse 3.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Wakefield Kirkgate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Oakenshaw · 1.5 miles
Alverthorpe · 1.7 miles
Sandal and Walton · 2.1 miles
Crofton · 2.1 miles
Horbury Junction · 2.2 miles
Horbury Millfield Road · 2.8 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.