Wakefield Westgate railway station
You can reach 88 stations directly from Wakefield Westgate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Leeds, with 237 trains a day.
See Wakefield Westgate on the map
Wakefield Westgate is the nearest station for postcodes in WF1, WF2. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Wakefield Westgate
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 237 | 226 | 161 |
| Doncaster | 104 | 101 | 84 |
| Sheffield | 102 | 94 | 63 |
| Fitzwilliam | 75 | 76 | 60 |
| Outwood | 75 | 76 | 60 |
| Sandal and Agbrigg | 73 | 75 | 60 |
| London King's Cross | 67 | 65 | 53 |
| Bolton-upon-Dearne | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Goldthorpe | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Moorthorpe | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Newark Northgate | 38 | 36 | 30 |
| Rotherham Central | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Swinton (South Yorkshire) | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Thurnscoe | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| Adwick | 37 | 36 | 30 |
| Bentley (South Yorkshire) | 37 | 36 | 30 |
| South Elmsall | 37 | 36 | 30 |
| Grantham | 35 | 33 | 28 |
| Peterborough | 35 | 33 | 28 |
| Stevenage | 35 | 33 | 29 |
| Featherstone | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Knottingley | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Pontefract Monkhill | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Pontefract Tanshelf | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Streethouse | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Wakefield Kirkgate | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Birmingham New Street | 32 | 21 | 5 |
| Chesterfield | 32 | 6 | 5 |
| Derby | 32 | 22 | 5 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 29 | 5 | 5 |
| York | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| Darlington | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Durham | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcastle | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Parkway | 27 | 5 | 5 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 27 | 5 | 5 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Exeter St Davids | 24 | 5 | 5 |
and 48 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Wakefield Westgate is
2,333,910 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 248th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 116,315 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Wakefield Westgate and Leeds than any other pair: 819,990 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: 55 stations instead of 88, a drop of about 38%. Saturday runs to 54.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Wakefield Westgate gains 13 destinations including Weston-super-Mare, Basingstoke, Southampton Central, Brockenhurst, Oxford, Reading.
Nearest other stations
- Wakefield Kirkgate 0.7 miles
- Sandal and Agbrigg 1.7 miles
- Outwood 2.3 miles
- Normanton 3.6 miles
- Streethouse 4.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Wakefield Westgate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Alverthorpe · 1.0 miles
- Horbury Junction · 1.9 miles
- Oakenshaw · 2.3 miles
- Horbury Millfield Road · 2.4 miles
- Flushdyke · 2.5 miles
- Sandal and Walton · 2.6 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.