28 Barnsley Town Centre ↔ Pontefract

Operated by Stagecoach Yorkshire. First bus 05:10, last bus 23:20. 116 journeys on weekdays.

✅ The 28 is confirmed in the national fare cap — single fares cost at most £3 until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Source: GOV.UK. Details →

Timetable

Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.

towards Pontefract · Monday to Friday towards Pontefract · Saturday towards Pontefract · Sunday towards Barnsley Town Centre · Monday to Friday towards Barnsley Town Centre · Saturday towards Barnsley Town Centre · Sunday
28 towards Pontefract — Monday to Friday (58 journeys)
Barnsley Interchange/A23 ··05:18··06:25····················································
Barnsley Interchange/A12 05:10··05:55···07:05··08:15··09:15··10:15···11:15·12:15··13:15·14:10·····15:18··16:20·17:23··18:10··19:10·20:10····21:10·22:10·23:20··
Barnsley Interchange/A11 ·05:10··05:55·07:05·07:3008:10·08:1509:10·09:1510:10·10:1511:1011:15·12:10·12:1513:10·13:15·14:1014:10·15:1015:18·16:1016:20·17:10·17:2318:10·18:1019:10·19:10·20:1020:1021:1021:10·22:10·22:10·23:2023:20
Pontefract Road/Wycombe Street (opp) 05:1805:1805:2406:0306:0306:3207:1407:1407:4308:1708:2508:2509:1709:2409:2410:1810:2410:2411:1811:2411:2412:1812:2412:2413:1913:2513:2514:2114:1914:21·15:1915:3015:3016:1816:3416:3417:1817:3917:3918:1818:2018:2019:1819:1819:1820:1820:1820:1821:1821:1821:1822:1822:1822:1823:2723:2723:27
Barnsley Road/Bank Street (opp) 05:2305:2305:2706:0806:0806:3607:2107:2107:5508:2108:3108:3109:2209:2909:2910:2210:2910:2911:2311:2911:2912:2312:3012:3013:2413:3013:3014:2614:2414:27·15:2415:3615:3616:2316:4016:4017:2317:4517:4518:2318:2518:2519:2319:2319:2320:2320:2320:2321:2321:2321:2322:2322:2322:2323:3123:3123:31
Brierley Road/Ash Road (adj) 05:2805:2805:3206:1406:1406:4107:2707:2708:0508:2608:3708:3709:2709:3509:3510:2710:3510:3511:2811:3511:3512:2812:3612:3613:2913:3613:3614:3214:2914:33·15:2915:4315:4316:2816:4616:4617:2817:5117:5118:2818:3018:3019:2819:2819:2820:2820:2820:2821:2821:2821:2822:2822:2822:2823:3523:3523:36
Engine Lane/Hodroyd Lane (adj) 05:2905:2905:3306:1606:1606:4207:2907:29·08:2708:3808:3809:2809:3609:3610:2810:3610:3611:2911:3611:3612:2912:3712:3713:3013:3713:3714:3314:3014:3414:4915:3015:4415:4416:2916:4716:4717:2917:5217:5218:2918:3118:3119:2919:2919:2920:2920:2920:2921:2921:2921:2922:2922:2922:2923:3623:3623:37
Park Spring Road/Houghton Main Colliery Roundabo (adj) 05:3705:3705:3906:2306:2306:4807:3707:37·08:3308:4508:4509:3409:4209:4210:3410:4210:4211:3511:4211:4212:3512:4412:4413:3613:4413:4414:3814:3614:40·15:3615:5215:5216:3516:5416:5417:3517:5917:5918:3518:3718:3719:3519:3519:3520:3520:3520:3521:3521:3521:3522:3522:3522:3523:4223:4223:43
Queensway/Carlton Terrace (3) 05:4305:4305:4406:2906:29·07:4307:43·08:3808:5008:5009:3909:4809:4810:3910:4810:4811:4011:4811:4812:4012:5012:5013:4113:5013:5014:4514:41·14:5515:4115:5815:5816:4017:0017:0017:4018:0518:0518:4018:4218:4219:4019:4019:4020:4020:4020:4021:4021:4021:4022:4022:4022:40···
Cross Hill/Haldane Close (opp) 05:4905:49·06:3506:35·07:5207:52·08:4508:5808:5809:4609:5609:5610:4610:5610:5611:4711:5611:5612:4712:5812:5813:4813:5813:5814:5314:48·15:0415:4816:0616:0616:4717:0917:0917:4718:1218:1218:4718:5018:5019:4719:4719:4720:4720:4720:4721:4721:4721:4722:4722:4722:47···
Hemsworth Bus Station (stand B) 05:5605:56·06:4306:43·08:0208:02·08:5309:0709:0709:5410:0510:0510:5411:0511:0511:5512:0512:0512:5513:0713:0713:5614:0714:0715:0214:56·15:1315:5616:1516:1516:5517:1717:1717:5518:2018:2018:5518:5818:5819:5519:5519:5520:5520:5520:5521:5521:5521:5522:5322:5322:53···
Railway Terrace ···06:5106:51·08:1208:12·09:0009:1609:1610:0110:1410:1411:0111:1411:1412:0212:1412:1413:0213:1613:1614:0314:1614:1615:1115:03·15:2316:0316:2416:2417:0217:2517:2518:0218:2818:2819:0219:0519:0520:0220:0220:0221:0221:0221:0222:0222:0222:02······
Beverley Arms Barnsley Road ···06:5906:59·08:2208:22·09:0609:2409:2410:0810:2210:2211:0811:2211:2212:0912:2212:2213:0913:2413:2414:1014:2414:2415:1915:10·15:3216:1016:3216:3217:0917:3417:3418:0918:3618:3619:0919:1319:1320:0920:0920:0921:0921:0921:0922:0922:0922:09······
Pontefract Bus Station (stand F) ···07:1207:12·08:4408:44·09:1809:4109:4110:2110:3910:3911:2211:3811:3812:2312:3712:3713:2313:3813:3814:2414:3814:3815:3215:24·15:4916:2416:4616:4617:2317:4717:4718:2118:4818:4819:2119:2519:2520:2120:2120:2121:2121:2121:2122:2122:2122:21······

Route map

All stops on route 28

28 towards Pontefract

  1. Barnsley Interchange/A23 Barnsley Town Centre
  2. Barnsley Interchange/A12 Barnsley Town Centre
  3. Barnsley Interchange/A11 Barnsley Town Centre
  4. Pontefract Road/Market Close (adj) Hoyle Mill
  5. Pontefract Road/Beevor Hall (adj) Hoyle Mill
  6. Pontefract Road/Beevor Street (adj) Hoyle Mill
  7. Pontefract Road/Dearne Valley Country Park (adj) Hoyle Mill
  8. Pontefract Road/Cherrys Road (adj) Cundy Cross
  9. Pontefract Road/Roger Road (opp) Cundy Cross
  10. Pontefract Road/Wycombe Street (opp) Lundwood
  11. Pontefract Road/Darrington Place (adj) Lundwood
  12. Pontefract Road/Abbots Road (opp) Lundwood
  13. Pontefract Road/Station Road (opp) Lundwood
  14. Pontefract Road/Moor Lane (opp) Lundwood
  15. Barnsley Road/Manor Road (opp) Cudworth
  16. Barnsley Road/Bank Street (opp) Cudworth
  17. Barnsley Road/Bow Street (opp) Cudworth
  18. Pontefract Road/Sidcop Road (adj) Cudworth
  19. Pontefract Road/Albert Street (adj) Cudworth
  20. Pontefract Road/Queens Drive (nr) Cudworth
  21. Brierley Road/Ash Road (adj) Shafton
  22. Engine Lane/Hodroyd Lane (adj) Shafton
  23. Engine Lane/Sewage Works (opp) Grimethorpe
  24. Engine Lane/Milefield Lane (adj) Grimethorpe
  25. Park Spring Road/Springvale Road (nr) Grimethorpe
  26. Park Spring Road/Houghton Main Colliery Roundabo (adj) Grimethorpe
  27. Park Spring Road/Spring Vale Road (opp) Grimethorpe
  28. Acorn Way/High Street (adj) Grimethorpe
  29. Queensway/Carlton Terrace (3) Grimethorpe
  30. Brierley Road/Clifton Road (opp) Grimethorpe
  31. St Lukes Road/Kingsway (nr) Grimethorpe
  32. Brierley Road/Dell Avenue (opp) Grimethorpe
  33. Brierley Road/Manor Crescent (opp) Grimethorpe
  34. Brierley Road/Hillside Crescent (opp) Grimethorpe
  35. Brierley Road/Windmill Avenue (opp) Grimethorpe
  36. Brierley Road/Hillside Crescent (adj) Brierley
  37. Brierley Road/Hillside Crescent (nr) Brierley
  38. Church Street/Grange Road (adj) Brierley
  39. Church Street/Church Drive (adj) Brierley
  40. Cross Hill/Haldane Close (opp) Brierley
  41. Vissett Close (at) Hemsworth
  42. Barewell Hill (end) Hemsworth
  43. Wortley Place (adj) Hemsworth
  44. West End Club (at) Hemsworth
  45. Cedar Business Centre (at) Hemsworth
  46. Hemsworth Bus Station (stand B) Hemsworth
  47. Hemsworth Academy Hemsworth
  48. Hemsworth Water Park (opp) Kinsley
  49. Vale Head Park (opp) Hemsworth
  50. Kinsley Stadium (opp) Kinsley
  51. Kings Meadow Academy (opp) Kinsley
  52. Carrgate Kinsley
  53. Fitzwilliam Station Fitzwilliam
  54. Railway Terrace Fitzwilliam
  55. Taylor Wood Cottages (opp) Wragby
  56. Wakefield Rd Garden Street (before) Ackworth Moor Top
  57. Doncaster Rd King Royd Lane (after) Ackworth Moor Top
  58. Wakefield Rd Heaton Street (before) Ackworth Moor Top
  59. Wakefield Road Dicky Sykes Ln (opp) Ackworth Moor Top
  60. Wakefield Rd Rosslyn Grove Ackworth Moor Top
  61. Wakefield Rd Bell Lane Ackworth Moor Top
  62. Beverley Arms Barnsley Road Ackworth Moor Top
  63. Barnsley Road Bell Ln (adj) Ackworth Moor Top
  64. Barnsley Road Mount Pleasant (adj) Ackworth Moor Top
  65. Pontefract Road Ackworth School (at) High Ackworth
  66. Pontefract Road Brown Cow PH (at) High Ackworth
  67. Pontefract Road Mill Hill High Ackworth
  68. Pontefract Rd Meadow Way (adj) High Ackworth
  69. Pontefract Road Park Croft High Ackworth
  70. Ackworth Road Castle Syke Hill (stop) High Ackworth
  71. Ackworth Rd Castlegate Drive (N bound) Carleton
  72. Ackworth Rd Tudor Close (N bound) Carleton
  73. Ackworth Rd Hardwick Road Carleton
  74. Mill Hill Road Mayors Walk Pontefract
  75. Ackworth Road Hardwick Court (S bound) Pontefract
  76. Ackworth Road Carleton Park Rd Carleton
  77. Valley Gardens A (opp) Pontefract
  78. Hospital A Pontefract
  79. Pontefract Bus Station (stand F) Pontefract

28 towards Barnsley Town Centre

  1. Pontefract Bus Station (stand F) Pontefract
  2. Hospital B (S bound) Pontefract
  3. Valley Gardens B Pontefract
  4. Ackworth Road Hardwick Court (N bound) Pontefract
  5. Ackworth Road Carleton Park Rd (stop) Carleton
  6. Ackworth Rd Hardwick Road (S bound) Carleton
  7. Ackworth Rd Tudor Close Carleton
  8. Ackworth Rd Castlegate Drive Carleton
  9. Ackworth Road Castle Syke Hill High Ackworth
  10. Ackworth Water Tower (stop) High Ackworth
  11. Pontefract Rd Meadow Way High Ackworth
  12. Pontefract Road Mill Hill (adj) High Ackworth
  13. Pontefract Road Brown Cow PH High Ackworth
  14. Pontefract Road Ackworth School High Ackworth
  15. Barnsley Road Mount Pleasant (opp) Ackworth Moor Top
  16. Beverley Arms Barnsley Road (adj) Ackworth Moor Top
  17. Barnsley Road Bell Ln (opp) Ackworth Moor Top
  18. Wakefield Rd Rhyddings Drive Ackworth Moor Top
  19. Wakefield Road Elmwood Ackworth Moor Top
  20. Wakefield Rd Heaton Street Ackworth Moor Top
  21. Wakefield Road Dicky Sykes Ln (at) Ackworth Moor Top
  22. Wakefield Rd Garden Street Ackworth Moor Top
  23. Doncaster Rd King Royd Lane (opp) Ackworth Moor Top
  24. Taylor Wood Cottages (at) Wragby
  25. Central Avenue Fitzwilliam
  26. Railway Terrace (at) Fitzwilliam
  27. Wakefield Road Fitzwilliam
  28. Fitzwilliam Station (near) Fitzwilliam
  29. Kings Meadow Academy Kinsley
  30. Carrgate (opp) Kinsley
  31. Kinsley Stadium Kinsley
  32. Hemsworth Water Park (O/S FLATS) Kinsley
  33. Vale Head Park (at) Hemsworth
  34. Hemsworth Academy (near) Hemsworth
  35. Hemsworth Bus Station (stand D) Hemsworth
  36. Cedar Business Centre Hemsworth
  37. Barnsley Road Town St (opp) Hemsworth
  38. Wortley Place (opp) Hemsworth
  39. Barewell Hill (at) Hemsworth
  40. Vissett Close (opp) Hemsworth
  41. Church Street/Grange Road (opp) Brierley
  42. Cross Hill/Haldane Close (adj) Brierley
  43. Church Street/Church Court (opp) Brierley
  44. Brierley Road/Church Street (opp) Brierley
  45. Brierley Road/Sandhill Grove (adj) Brierley
  46. Brierley Road/Hillside Crescent (opp) Brierley
  47. Brierley Road/Sandhill Grove (adj) Grimethorpe
  48. Brierley Road/Windmill Avenue (adj) Grimethorpe
  49. Brierley Road/Manor Crescent (adj) Grimethorpe
  50. Brierley Road/Dell Avenue (adj) Grimethorpe
  51. Brierley Road/Clifton Road (adj) Grimethorpe
  52. St Lukes Road/Elizabeth Street (adj) Grimethorpe
  53. Queensway/Carlton Terrace (2) Grimethorpe
  54. Acorn Way/North View (adj) Grimethorpe
  55. Park Spring Road/Springvale Road (nr) Grimethorpe
  56. Park Spring Road/Houghton Main Colliery Roundabo (adj) Grimethorpe
  57. Park Spring Road/Spring Vale Road (opp) Grimethorpe
  58. Engine Lane/Ferrymoor Way (adj) Grimethorpe
  59. Engine Lane/Hodroyd Lane (nr) Shafton
  60. Engine Lane/Home Farm (adj) Grimethorpe
  61. Pontefract Road/Tollgate Close (adj) Shafton
  62. Brierley Road/Beech Road (opp) Shafton
  63. Pontefract Road/Sunningdale Drive (adj) Cudworth
  64. Pontefract Road/Intake Lane (adj) Cudworth
  65. Pontefract Road/Montague Street (adj) Cudworth
  66. Barnsley Road/Market Place (adj) Cudworth
  67. Barnsley Road/St Johns Road (adj) Cudworth
  68. Barnsley Road/Manor Road (adj) Cudworth
  69. Pontefract Road/Station Road (adj) Lundwood
  70. Pontefract Road/Moor Lane (adj) Lundwood
  71. Pontefract Road/Abbots Road (adj) Lundwood
  72. Pontefract Road/Wycombe Street (adj) Lundwood
  73. Pontefract Road/Vincent Road (adj) Lundwood
  74. Pontefract Road/Trueman Terrace (adj) Cundy Cross
  75. Pontefract Road/Cherrys Road (opp) Cundy Cross
  76. Pontefract Road/Dearne Valley Country Park (opp) Hoyle Mill
  77. Pontefract Road/Elm Row (adj) Hoyle Mill
  78. Pontefract Road/Beevor Hall (opp) Hoyle Mill
  79. Pontefract Road/Market Close (opp) Hoyle Mill
  80. Schwabish Gmund Way/Schwabish Gmund Way (on) Barnsley Town Centre
  81. Barnsley Interchange/A12 Barnsley Town Centre
  82. Barnsley Interchange/A11 Barnsley Town Centre

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

PontefractHemsworthBarnsley Town CentreCarletonGrimethorpeCudworthAckworth Moor TopShaftonBrierleyHigh AckworthLundwoodFitzwilliam

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 28 bus?

The first 28 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:10 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 28 bus?

The last 28 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:20. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 28 bus cost?

The 28 is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Stagecoach Yorkshire day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.

Who runs the 28 bus?

The 28 is operated by Stagecoach Yorkshire.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.