Bus times in Pontefract
All the buses in Pontefract: 26 bus routes and 315 bus stops. Pick a stop for live departures, or a route for the full timetable.
Next buses from Hospital B (S bound) as of 02:46
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Scheduled times at Pontefract’s busiest stop, from the operators’ timetables — they update automatically. Open the stop for more departures and its live map, or pick another stop.
1 disruption in Pontefract — details
Castleford, Spittal Hardwick Lane, (Wakefield) — Spittal Hardwick Lane is affected by resurfacing works from Wednesday 7 October to Friday 23 October between 0930 - 1530 each day. Details →
- 28 Barnsley → Pontefract via Cudworth, Grimethorpe Stagecoach Yorkshire · first 05:10 · last 23:20
- 38 Barnsley → Pontefract via Monk Bretton, Grimethorpe Stagecoach Yorkshire · not Sundays · first 06:13 · last 18:22
- 113 Pontefract → Dewsbury via Pinderfields TJ's Travel · first 06:00 · last 20:15
- 135 Pontefract circular via Chequerfield, Eastbourne Arriva Yorkshire · first 05:39 · last 23:10
- 140 Pontefract → Leeds via Cutsyke Arriva Yorkshire · first 04:50 · last 22:40
- 141 Pontefract → Leeds via Mickletown Arriva Yorkshire · first 05:09 · last 22:50
- 144 Pontefract → Airedale via Featherstone, Castleford Ross Travel · not Sundays · first 06:51 · last 17:55
- 146 Pontefract → Castleford via Featherstone, Cutsyke Ross Travel · not Sundays · first 06:46 · last 17:35
- 147 Wakefield → Pontefract via Stanley, Normanton Arriva Yorkshire · first 06:10 · last 21:57
- 148 Wakefield → Knottingley via Crofton Arriva Yorkshire · first 05:03 · last 22:42
- 149 Wakefield → Knottingley via Heath, Warmfield Arriva Yorkshire · first 04:55 · last 22:30
- 157 Wakefield → Pontefract via Stanley, Castleford Arriva Yorkshire · first 06:40 · last 22:57
- 239 Pontefract → Featherstone via Upton, South Elmsall Globe Coaches · weekdays only · first 06:21 · last 17:18
- 249 South Hiendley → Pontefract via South Elmsall, Upton Globe Coaches · weekdays only · first 05:58 · last 17:33
- 476 Selby → Pontefract via Brayton, Knottingley Arriva Yorkshire · not Sundays · first 07:20 · last 17:35
- 485 Wakefield → South Elmsall via Belle Vue, Upton Globe Coaches · first 06:35 · last 17:27
- 493 Sherburn in Elmet → Pontefract via Ferrybridge, Knottingley Arriva Yorkshire · not Sundays · first 07:00 · last 18:10
School, works and infrequent services (9 — under 10 journeys a day)
- 177 Pontefract → Castleford via Featherstone, Glasshoughton Globe Coaches · first 18:25 · last 22:10
- 177 Featherstone → Eastbourne via Pontefract, Chequerfield Arriva Yorkshire · weekdays only · first 15:15 · last 15:15
- 406 Pontefract → Knottingley via Monkhill, Ferrybridge Stevenson's Travel · weekdays only · first 10:00 · last 14:00
- 407 Pontefract → Darrington via Carleton Stevenson's Travel · weekdays only · first 09:30 · last 13:12
- 408 Thorpe Audlin circular via Darrington, Pontefract Arriva Yorkshire · not Sundays · first 08:39 · last 14:00
- 409 Pontefract circular via Darrington, Stapleton Arriva Yorkshire · not Sundays · first 09:00 · last 13:00
- SW2 North Featherstone → Pontefract Arriva Yorkshire · weekdays only · first 08:15 · last 15:20
- SW3 Knottingley → North Featherstone via Ferrybridge, Pontefract Arriva Yorkshire · weekdays only · first 07:50 · last 15:20
- TK1 Wakefield → Knottingley via Belle Vue, Pontefract Arriva Yorkshire · first 05:10 · last 00:15
Route numbers are reused all over the country. See every UK 113 bus, 140 bus, 141 bus, 149 bus, 148 bus, 28 bus, 135 bus, 157 bus, 147 bus, 38 bus, 144 bus or 146 bus timetable.
Buses to…
Pontefract Hospital Pontefract Bus Station Pontefract Baghill Rail Station Pontefract Tanshelf Rail Station Pontefract Monkhill Rail Station
Single fares in England: capped at £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2.
Fare cap guide →
Where can you get to by bus from Pontefract?
Pontefract → FeatherstonePontefract → KnottingleyPontefract → CastlefordPontefract → FerrybridgePontefract → WakefieldPontefract → Wakefield City CentrePontefract → HemsworthPontefract → North FeatherstonePontefract → Purston JaglinPontefract → Leeds City CentrePontefract → South ElmsallPontefract → Normanton
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Pontefract → Barnsley Town CentrePontefract → GrimethorpePontefract → MethleyPontefract → UptonPontefract → South KirkbyPontefract → GlasshoughtonPontefract → CutsykePontefract → SelbyPontefract → Sherburn in ElmetPontefract → Monk BrettonPontefract → AiredalePontefract → BraytonPontefract → PinderfieldsPontefract → CudworthPontefract → BrothertonPontefract → Sharlston
Map of bus stops in Pontefract
The 250 busiest stops shown — more are listed below. Tap a marker for live departures.
Bus stops in Pontefract
Busiest stops
- Hospital A 13 routes
- Hospital B (S bound) 12 routes
- Valley Gardens A (opp) 12 routes
- Valley Gardens B 11 routes
- Stuart Road A 9 routes
- Stuart Road B 9 routes
- Beechwood Avenue 7 routes
- Kings Mead 7 routes
- Pontefract Barracks (at) 7 routes
- Pontefract Tanshelf 7 routes
- Pontefract Tanshelf 7 routes
- Banks Avenue 6 routes
All stops by area (17 areas)
Pontefract (82 stops)
- Baghill Lane Industrial Estate (adj)
- Banks Avenue
- Beechwood Avenue
- Beechwood Avenue (opp)
- Beechwood Avenue Beechwood (adj)
- Beechwood Avenue Beechwood (opp)
- Fairy Hill Lane
- Fairy Hill Lane (at)
- Friarwood Surgery (opp) south-east bound
- Friarwood Surgery (opp) north-west bound
- Halfpenny Lane Camp Mount
- Halfpenny Lane Camp Mount (stop)
- Halfpenny Lane St Giles Ave
- Halfpenny Lane St Giles Ave (adj)
- Halfpenny Ln Ryder Close
- Halfpenny Ln Ryder Close (at)
- Hardwick Court
- Hardwick Court (at)
- Horsefair
- Horsefair (NE bound)
- Hospital A
- Hospital B (S bound)
- Hospital E (at)
- Hospital F (at)
- Hospital G Baghill Stn
- Kings Mead
- Kings Mead (opp)
- Love Ln St Oswalds Ave (opp)
- Mill Hill Avenue Mill Hill Ln
- Mill Hill Avenue Mill Hill Ln (stop)
- Mill Hill Lane Kings High School
- Mill Hill Road
- Minden Close Halfpenny Lane
- Minden Close Halfpenny Lane (stop)
- Park Lane Grosvenor Ave
- Park Lane Portland Ave
- Park Place
- Park Side south-east bound
- Park Side north-west bound
- Pontefract Aldi north-east bound
- Pontefract Aldi south-west bound
- Pontefract Barracks (at)
- Pontefract Barracks (opp)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand A)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand B)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand C)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand D)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand E)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand F)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand G)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand H)
- Pontefract Bus Station (stand J)
- Pontefract Castle A (N bound)
- Pontefract Castle B Monkhill Stn (near)
- Pontefract Castle C Monkhill Stn (opp)
- Pontefract Castle D
- Pontefract Cemetery
- Pontefract Cemetery (at)
- Pontefract Hospital C (at)
- Pontefract Hospital D (opp)
- Pontefract Park Gates south-east bound
- Pontefract Park Gates north-west bound
- Pontefract Tanshelf westbound
- Pontefract Tanshelf eastbound
- Princes Drive
- Princes Drive (at)
- Ridgedale Mount
- Ridgedale Mount (at)
- South Baileygate south-west bound
- South Baileygate north-east bound
- St Joseph's School
- St Oswalds Avenue (at)
- Stuart Road A
- Stuart Road B
- Stump Cross Lane (near)
- Stump Cross Lane (opp)
- Valley Gardens A (opp)
- Valley Gardens B
- Westbourne Rd Mill Hill Lane
- Westbourne Rd Mill Hill Lane (stop)
- Westbourne Rd Westbourne Avenue
- Westbourne Rd Westbourne Avenue (adj)
Ackworth (2 stops)
Ackworth Moor Top (24 stops)
- Bell Lane northbound
- Bell Lane southbound
- Beverley Arms
- Beverley Arms (at)
- Bracken Hill westbound
- Bracken Hill eastbound
- Camargue Orcheta
- Camargue Orcheta (stop)
- Cricketers View
- Cricketers View (near)
- Dicky Sykes Lane (at)
- Dicky Sykes Lane (opp)
- Doncaster Road Estate south-east bound
- Doncaster Road Estate north-west bound
- Heaton Street
- Heaton Street (opp)
- King Royd Lane (at)
- King Royd Lane (opp)
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant (opp)
- Orchard Drive
- Orchard Drive (p--)
- Rhyddings Drive
- Rhyddings Drive (at)
Badsworth (12 stops)
- Back Lane north-east bound
- Back Lane south-west bound
- Badsworth Main Street (before)
- Badsworth Main Street (opp)
- Brickyard Farm north-west bound
- Brickyard Farm south-east bound
- New Road
- New Road (stop)
- Rogerthorpe Manor
- Rogerthorpe Manor (stop)
- Thorpe Lane
- Thorpe Lane (stop)
Carleton (49 stops)
- Ackworth Road
- Baden Powell Crescent
- Baden Powell Crescent (at)
- Brookdale Avenue
- Carleton Gardens
- Carleton Gardens (NW bound)
- Carleton Green (at)
- Carleton Green (opp)
- Carleton Park Road
- Carleton Park Road (stop)
- Carleton Park Road Ackworth Rd
- Castlegate Drive
- Castlegate Drive (stop)
- Castlegate Drive Haven Court
- Castlegate Drive Windsor Rise
- Castlegate Drive Windsor Rise (stop)
- Chestnut Grove
- Churchbalk Drive (at)
- Community High School
- Crest Dr Churchbalk Drive (opp)
- Crest Drive Woodland View
- Fair View
- Fair View (at)
- Hadleigh Rise Castlegate Drive
- Hardwick Crescent
- Hardwick Crescent (E bound)
- Hardwick Road (at)
- Hardwick Road (opp)
- Hardwick Road Railway Bridge
- Lyon Road
- Lyon Road (stop)
- Mill Hill Ave Oakwell Avenue
- Mill Hill Ave Oakwell Avenue (stop)
- Pinetree Avenue (adj)
- Pinetree Avenue (opp)
- Sides Road (E bound)
- Sides Road (near)
- Sorrell Way south-west bound
- Sorrell Way north-east bound
- St Michaels Church (at)
- St Michaels Church (opp)
- The Carleton
- Tudor Close (at)
- Tudor Close (opp)
- Walnut Drive Hadleigh Rise
- Walnut Drive Hadleigh Rise (stop)
- Went Dale Road northbound
- Went Dale Road southbound
- Woodland View (at)
Chequerfield (27 stops)
- Camelot Court (at)
- Camelot Court (opp)
- Carleton Stores (at)
- Carleton Stores (opp)
- Chequerfield Circle
- Churchbalk Lane Beech St
- Churchbalk Lane Beech St (adj)
- Churchbalk Lane End (opp)
- Churchbalk Lane Grove Lea Walk
- Churchbalk Lane Grove Lea Walk (adj)
- De Lacy School (at)
- De Lacy School (opp)
- East Drive
- East Drive (on)
- Harewood Mount north-west bound
- Harewood Mount south-east bound
- Harewood View
- Harewood View (S bound)
- Holy Family Church
- Monument Lane north-east bound
- Monument Lane south-west bound
- Starwort Close (at)
- Starwort Close (opp)
- Swanhill Lane (stop)
- Swanhill Lane (W bound)
- Swanhill Mews
- Swanhill Mews (S bound)
Darrington (15 stops)
- Bank Wood Rd Allotments
- Havercroft Lane (at)
- Havercroft Lane (opp)
- Honeysuckle Corner (after)
- Honeysuckle Corner (before)
- Sotheron Croft (adj)
- Sotheron Croft (opp)
- The Darrington south-east bound
- The Darrington north-west bound
- Thorntree Close (at)
- Thorntree Close (opp)
- Valley Road (E bound)
- Valley Road Fairways Court
- West Park Drive
- West Park Drive (E bound)
East Hardwick (7 stops)
Eastbourne (3 stops)
High Ackworth (16 stops)
- Ackworth Park Lodge
- Ackworth Rd Purston Lane
- Ackworth Rd Purston Lane (SE bound)
- Ackworth School (at)
- Ackworth School (opp)
- Ackworth Water Tower (stop)
- Castle Syke Hill
- Castle Syke Hill (stop)
- Meadow Way
- Meadow Way (at)
- Mill Hill
- Mill Hill (at)
- Purston Lane Pontefract Rd
- Purston Lane Pontefract Rd (stop)
- The Brown Cow Public House south-east bound
- The Brown Cow Public House westbound
Low Ackworth (9 stops)
Monkhill (25 stops)
- Bondgate
- Bondgate (NE bound)
- Box Lane
- Box Lane (at)
- Castlebar (at)
- Castlebar (opp)
- Cobblers Lane (adj)
- Cobblers Lane (opp)
- De Lacy Way
- De Lacy Way (NW bound)
- Lady Balk Lane
- Lady Balk Lane (at)
- Lady Balk Lane Victoria St (adj)
- Mill Dam Lane
- Mill Dam Lane (S bound)
- Monkhill Avenue eastbound
- Monkhill Avenue westbound
- Monkhill Drive (at)
- Monkhill Drive (opp)
- Monkhill Mount
- Monkhill Mount (opp)
- Princess Drive
- Princess Drive (at)
- Willowdene Lane (at)
- Willowdene Lane (opp)
Nevison (10 stops)
Stapleton (4 stops)
Thorpe Audlin (12 stops)
- Doncaster Rd Causeway Garth Lane (opp)
- Doncaster Rd Coal Pit Lane
- Doncaster Rd Coal Pit Lane (stop)
- Doncaster Rd Wentbridge Lane
- Fox & Hounds Junction eastbound
- Fox & Hounds Junction north-west bound
- Fox & Hounds Junction (at)
- Hall Garth Road
- Hall Garth Road (at)
- Mourning Field Lane
- Thorpe Gate Estate
- Thorpe Gate Estate (opp)
Wentbridge (4 stops)
Willow Park (14 stops)
- Chequerfield Lane
- Chequerfield Lane (before)
- Cromwell Crescent (at)
- Northfield Drive
- Plane Green
- Springfield Avenue (opp)
- St Michaels School (outside)
- Whitebeam Green (at)
- Willow Park (adj)
- Willow Park (after)
- Willow Park Club south-east bound
- Willow Park Club north-west bound
- Willow Park Shops (adj)
- Willow Park Shops (opp)
Operators in Pontefract
Bus services here are registered with West Yorkshire Combined Authority. See registered service changes and withdrawals →
Frequently asked questions
Which buses run in Pontefract?
26 bus routes serve Pontefract, run by 6 operators including Arriva Yorkshire and Globe Coaches. The busiest are the 113 (Pontefract to Dewsbury), the 140 (Pontefract to Leeds), the 141 (Pontefract to Leeds), the 149 (Wakefield to Knottingley), the 148 (Wakefield to Knottingley), the 28 (Barnsley to Pontefract), the 135 (Pontefract circular) and the 157 (Wakefield to Pontefract), plus 9 other regular routes and 9 school or occasional services.
How much is the bus fare in Pontefract?
Most single fares in England are capped at £3 until 31 December 2026, falling to £2 from 1 January 2027. Buses in Pontefract are run by Stagecoach Yorkshire, TJ's Travel, Arriva Yorkshire, Ross Travel, Globe Coaches, Stevenson's Travel — check each operator's day and weekly tickets, which are often cheaper for multiple journeys.
How many bus stops are there in Pontefract?
There are 315 active bus stops in Pontefract across Pontefract, Ackworth, Ackworth Moor Top, Badsworth, Carleton, Chequerfield, Darrington, East Hardwick, Eastbourne, High Ackworth. Each stop page on this site shows the next departures and every route that calls there.