38 Barnsley Town Centre ↔ Pontefract

Operated by Stagecoach Yorkshire. First bus 06:13, last bus 18:22. 25 journeys on weekdays.

✅ The 38 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 Barnsley Town Centre · Monday to Friday towards Barnsley Town Centre · Saturday
38 towards Pontefract — Monday to Friday (12 journeys)
Barnsley Interchange/A12 ·06:4007:4508:5109:5110:5111:5212:5213:5514:5515:5016:55
Cross Street/Burton Road (adj) ·06:4707:5408:5909:5911:0012:0113:0114:0415:0616:0217:07
Barnsley Road/Bank Street (opp) ·06:5408:0209:0610:0611:0712:0813:0814:1115:1516:1117:16
Brierley Road/Ash Road (adj) ·07:0008:0909:1210:1211:1312:1413:1414:1715:2216:1817:22
Queensway/Carlton Terrace (3) ·07:0508:1509:1810:1811:1912:2013:2014:2315:2916:2617:29
Cross Hill/Haldane Close (opp) ·07:1208:2409:2610:2611:2712:2813:2814:3115:3816:3417:37
Hemsworth Bus Station (stand B) 06:1307:2108:3409:3510:3511:3512:3713:3714:4015:4716:4317:45
Railway Terrace 06:2107:3008:4409:4410:4411:4412:4613:4614:4915:5616:5217:53
Beverley Arms Barnsley Road 06:2907:3908:5309:5210:5211:5212:5413:5414:5716:0417:0018:01
Pontefract Bus Station (stand F) 06:4207:5809:1110:0911:0912:0813:0814:0815:1416:1917:1418:13

Route map

All stops on route 38

38 towards Pontefract

  1. Barnsley Interchange/A12 Barnsley Town Centre
  2. Eldon Street North/Bridge Street (adj) Barnsley Town Centre
  3. Old Mill Lane/Old Mill Bridge (at) Barnsley Town Centre
  4. Burton Road/Old Mill (opp) Honeywell
  5. Burton Road/Thoresby Avenue (adj) Monk Bretton
  6. Burton Road/Tennyson Road (adj) Monk Bretton
  7. Cross Street/Burton Road (adj) Monk Bretton
  8. High Street/Cross Street (adj) Monk Bretton
  9. High Street/St Helens Way (adj) Monk Bretton
  10. High Street/Well Lane (adj) Monk Bretton
  11. Burton Road/Burton Crescent (adj) Monk Bretton
  12. Burton Road/Fish Dam Lane (adj) Monk Bretton
  13. Burton Road/Monk Terrace (opp) Monk Bretton
  14. Burton Road/Hope Street (adj) West Green
  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. Acorn Way/High Street (adj) Grimethorpe
  26. Queensway/Carlton Terrace (3) Grimethorpe
  27. St Lukes Road/Kingsway (nr) Grimethorpe
  28. Brierley Road/Clifton Road (opp) Grimethorpe
  29. Brierley Road/Manor Crescent (opp) Grimethorpe
  30. Brierley Road/Dell Avenue (opp) Grimethorpe
  31. Brierley Road/Windmill Avenue (opp) Grimethorpe
  32. Brierley Road/Hillside Crescent (opp) Grimethorpe
  33. Brierley Road/Hillside Crescent (adj) Brierley
  34. Brierley Road/Hillside Crescent (nr) Brierley
  35. Church Street/Grange Road (adj) Brierley
  36. Church Street/Church Drive (adj) Brierley
  37. Cross Hill/Haldane Close (opp) Brierley
  38. Barewell Hill (end) Hemsworth
  39. Wortley Place (adj) Hemsworth
  40. Vissett Close (at) Hemsworth
  41. West End Club (at) Hemsworth
  42. Cedar Business Centre (at) Hemsworth
  43. Hemsworth Bus Station (stand B) Hemsworth
  44. Hemsworth Academy Hemsworth
  45. Vale Head Park (opp) Hemsworth
  46. Hemsworth Water Park (opp) Kinsley
  47. Kinsley Stadium (opp) Kinsley
  48. Carrgate Kinsley
  49. Kings Meadow Academy (opp) Kinsley
  50. Fitzwilliam Station Fitzwilliam
  51. Railway Terrace Fitzwilliam
  52. Taylor Wood Cottages (opp) Wragby
  53. Doncaster Rd King Royd Lane (after) Ackworth Moor Top
  54. Wakefield Road Dicky Sykes Ln (opp) Ackworth Moor Top
  55. Wakefield Rd Garden Street (before) Ackworth Moor Top
  56. Wakefield Rd Heaton Street (before) Ackworth Moor Top
  57. Wakefield Rd Rosslyn Grove Ackworth Moor Top
  58. Wakefield Rd Bell Lane Ackworth Moor Top
  59. Beverley Arms Barnsley Road Ackworth Moor Top
  60. Barnsley Road Bell Ln (adj) Ackworth Moor Top
  61. Barnsley Road Mount Pleasant (adj) Ackworth Moor Top
  62. Pontefract Road Ackworth School (at) High Ackworth
  63. Pontefract Road Mill Hill High Ackworth
  64. Pontefract Road Brown Cow PH (at) High Ackworth
  65. Pontefract Rd Meadow Way (adj) High Ackworth
  66. Pontefract Road Park Croft High Ackworth
  67. Ackworth Road Castle Syke Hill (stop) High Ackworth
  68. Ackworth Rd Castlegate Drive (N bound) Carleton
  69. Ackworth Rd Tudor Close (N bound) Carleton
  70. Ackworth Rd Hardwick Road Carleton
  71. Ackworth Road Carleton Park Rd Carleton
  72. Mill Hill Road Mayors Walk Pontefract
  73. Ackworth Road Hardwick Court (S bound) Pontefract
  74. Valley Gardens A (opp) Pontefract
  75. Hospital A Pontefract
  76. Pontefract Bus Station (stand F) Pontefract

38 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 Brown Cow PH High Ackworth
  13. Pontefract Road Mill Hill (adj) 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. Wakefield Road Fitzwilliam
  26. Central Avenue Fitzwilliam
  27. Railway Terrace (at) 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. Vissett Close (opp) Hemsworth
  40. Barewell Hill (at) Hemsworth
  41. Cross Hill/Haldane Close (adj) Brierley
  42. Church Street/Grange Road (opp) Brierley
  43. Church Street/Church Court (opp) Brierley
  44. Brierley Road/Church Street (opp) Brierley
  45. Brierley Road/Hillside Crescent (opp) Brierley
  46. Brierley Road/Sandhill Grove (adj) Grimethorpe
  47. Brierley Road/Sandhill Grove (adj) Brierley
  48. Brierley Road/Windmill Avenue (opp) Grimethorpe
  49. Brierley Road/Windmill Avenue (adj) Grimethorpe
  50. Brierley Road/Dell Avenue (adj) Grimethorpe
  51. Brierley Road/Manor Crescent (adj) Grimethorpe
  52. St Lukes Road/Elizabeth Street (adj) Grimethorpe
  53. Brierley Road/Clifton Road (adj) Grimethorpe
  54. Queensway/Carlton Terrace (2) Grimethorpe
  55. Engine Lane/Ferrymoor Way (adj) Grimethorpe
  56. Acorn Way/North View (adj) Grimethorpe
  57. Engine Lane/Home Farm (adj) Grimethorpe
  58. Engine Lane/Hodroyd Lane (nr) Shafton
  59. Pontefract Road/Tollgate Close (adj) Shafton
  60. Brierley Road/Beech Road (opp) Shafton
  61. Pontefract Road/Sunningdale Drive (adj) Cudworth
  62. Pontefract Road/Montague Street (adj) Cudworth
  63. Pontefract Road/Intake Lane (adj) Cudworth
  64. Barnsley Road/Market Place (adj) Cudworth
  65. Barnsley Road/St Johns Road (adj) Cudworth
  66. Barnsley Road/Manor Road (adj) Cudworth
  67. Burton Road/Charity Street (opp) West Green
  68. Burton Road/Monk Terrace (adj) Monk Bretton
  69. Burton Road/Fish Dam Lane (opp) Monk Bretton
  70. High Street/Silverdale Drive (opp) Monk Bretton
  71. High Street/Well Lane (opp) Monk Bretton
  72. High Street/Hunt Close (adj) Monk Bretton
  73. Cross Street/High Street (opp) Monk Bretton
  74. Cross Street/Burton Road (at) Monk Bretton
  75. Burton Road/Cliffe Lane (adj) Monk Bretton
  76. Burton Road/Tennyson Road (opp) Monk Bretton
  77. Burton Road/Old Mill (adj) Honeywell
  78. Burton Road/Burton Bank Road (opp) Honeywell
  79. Harborough Hill Road/Twibell Street (adj) Barnsley Town Centre
  80. Eldon Street North/Beckett Street (adj) Barnsley Town Centre
  81. Barnsley Interchange/A12 Barnsley Town Centre

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

PontefractHemsworthBarnsley Town CentreCarletonGrimethorpeMonk BrettonCudworthAckworth Moor TopShaftonBrierleyHigh AckworthHoneywell

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 38 bus?

The first 38 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:13 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 38 bus?

The last 38 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 18:22. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 38 bus cost?

The 38 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 38 bus?

The 38 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.