496 Bell Street ↔ Bus Station
Operated by Arriva Yorkshire. First bus 04:50, last bus 23:01. 165 journeys on weekdays.
✅ The 496 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.
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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 Bus Station · Monday to Friday towards Bus Station · Saturday towards Bus Station · Sunday towards Bell Street · Monday to Friday towards Bell Street · Saturday towards Bell Street · Sunday
| Bell Street (opp) | · | · | · | 05:47 | · | · | 06:47 | · | · | 07:17 | 07:47 | · | 08:28 | 08:31 | · | · | 08:58 | 09:01 | · | 09:28 | 09:31 | · | 09:58 | 10:01 | · | 10:28 | 10:31 | · | 10:58 | 11:01 | · | 11:28 | 11:31 | · | 11:58 | 12:01 | · | 12:28 | 12:31 | · | 12:58 | 13:01 | · | 13:28 | 13:31 | · | 13:58 | 14:01 | · | 14:28 | 14:31 | · | 15:01 | 15:03 | · | 15:31 | 15:40 | · | 16:01 | 16:10 | · | 16:31 | 16:40 | · | 17:01 | 17:05 | 17:31 | 17:35 | · | · | 18:01 | 18:05 | 18:31 | · | 19:01 | 19:01 | 20:01 | 20:01 | 21:01 | 21:01 | 22:01 | 22:01 | 23:01 | 23:01 |
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| Rose Avenue | · | · | · | 06:00 | · | · | 07:00 | · | · | 07:30 | 08:00 | · | 08:37 | 08:40 | · | · | 09:07 | 09:10 | · | 09:37 | 09:40 | · | 10:07 | 10:10 | · | 10:37 | 10:40 | · | 11:07 | 11:10 | · | 11:37 | 11:40 | · | 12:07 | 12:10 | · | 12:37 | 12:40 | · | 13:07 | 13:10 | · | 13:37 | 13:40 | · | 14:07 | 14:10 | · | 14:37 | 14:40 | · | 15:10 | 15:12 | · | 15:40 | 15:49 | · | 16:10 | 16:19 | · | 16:40 | 16:49 | · | 17:10 | 17:14 | 17:40 | 17:44 | · | · | 18:10 | 18:14 | 18:40 | · | 19:10 | 19:10 | 20:10 | 20:10 | 21:10 | 21:10 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 23:10 | 23:10 |
| Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange/A10 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 07:07 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 17:46 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Great North Road/Chadwick Road (adj) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 07:15 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 17:57 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Next Distribution Centre (at) | · | · | 05:47 | 06:10 | · | · | 07:07 | · | 07:22 | 07:37 | 08:07 | · | 08:44 | 08:47 | · | · | 09:14 | 09:17 | · | 09:44 | 09:47 | · | 10:14 | 10:17 | · | 10:44 | 10:47 | · | 11:14 | 11:17 | · | 11:44 | 11:47 | · | 12:14 | 12:17 | · | 12:44 | 12:47 | · | 13:14 | 13:17 | · | 13:44 | 13:47 | · | 14:14 | 14:17 | · | 14:49 | 14:47 | · | 15:17 | 15:19 | · | 15:47 | 15:56 | · | 16:17 | 16:26 | · | 16:47 | 16:56 | · | 17:17 | 17:21 | 17:47 | 17:51 | · | 18:08 | 18:17 | 18:21 | 18:47 | · | 19:17 | 19:17 | 20:17 | 20:17 | 21:17 | 21:17 | 22:17 | 22:17 | 23:17 | 23:17 |
| South Elmsall Bus Station (stand A) | 04:55 | 05:25 | 05:55 | 06:20 | 06:30 | 06:45 | 07:15 | 07:00 | 07:30 | 07:45 | 08:21 | 08:02 | 08:53 | 08:55 | 08:38 | · | 09:23 | 09:25 | 09:08 | 09:53 | 09:55 | 09:38 | 10:23 | 10:25 | 10:08 | 10:53 | 10:55 | 10:38 | 11:23 | 11:25 | 11:08 | 11:53 | 11:55 | 11:38 | 12:23 | 12:25 | 12:08 | 12:53 | 12:55 | 12:38 | 13:23 | 13:25 | 13:08 | 13:53 | 13:55 | 13:38 | 14:23 | 14:25 | 14:08 | 15:03 | 14:55 | 14:38 | 15:25 | 15:33 | 15:18 | 15:55 | 16:05 | 15:50 | 16:25 | 16:35 | 16:20 | 16:55 | 17:05 | 16:50 | 17:25 | 17:30 | 17:55 | 18:00 | 17:45 | 18:15 | 18:25 | 18:30 | 18:55 | 18:45 | 19:25 | 19:25 | 20:25 | 20:25 | 21:25 | 21:25 | 22:25 | 22:25 | 23:25 | 23:25 |
| Hemsworth Bus Station (stand C) | 05:11 | 05:41 | 06:11 | 06:36 | 06:49 | 07:04 | 07:34 | 07:19 | 07:49 | 08:04 | 08:40 | 08:21 | 09:12 | 09:11 | 08:57 | 08:41 | 09:42 | 09:41 | 09:27 | 10:12 | 10:11 | 09:57 | 10:42 | 10:41 | 10:27 | 11:12 | 11:11 | 10:57 | 11:42 | 11:41 | 11:27 | 12:12 | 12:11 | 11:57 | 12:42 | 12:41 | 12:27 | 13:12 | 13:11 | 12:57 | 13:42 | 13:41 | 13:27 | 14:12 | 14:11 | 13:57 | 14:42 | 14:41 | 14:27 | 15:22 | 15:11 | 14:57 | 15:41 | 15:52 | 15:37 | 16:11 | 16:24 | 16:09 | 16:41 | 16:54 | 16:39 | 17:11 | 17:24 | 17:09 | 17:41 | 17:47 | 18:11 | 18:17 | 18:02 | 18:32 | 18:41 | 18:47 | 19:11 | 19:02 | 19:41 | 19:41 | 20:41 | 20:41 | 21:41 | 21:41 | 22:41 | 22:41 | 23:41 | 23:41 |
| Fitzwilliam Station | 05:18 | 05:48 | 06:18 | 06:43 | 06:57 | 07:12 | 07:42 | 07:27 | 07:57 | 08:12 | 08:48 | 08:29 | 09:20 | 09:18 | 09:05 | 08:48 | 09:50 | 09:48 | 09:35 | 10:20 | 10:18 | 10:05 | 10:50 | 10:48 | 10:35 | 11:20 | 11:18 | 11:05 | 11:50 | 11:48 | 11:35 | 12:20 | 12:18 | 12:05 | 12:50 | 12:48 | 12:35 | 13:20 | 13:18 | 13:05 | 13:50 | 13:48 | 13:35 | 14:20 | 14:18 | 14:05 | 14:50 | 14:48 | 14:35 | 15:30 | 15:18 | 15:05 | 15:48 | 16:00 | 15:45 | 16:18 | 16:32 | 16:17 | 16:48 | 17:02 | 16:47 | 17:18 | 17:32 | 17:17 | 17:48 | 17:55 | 18:18 | 18:25 | 18:10 | 18:40 | 18:48 | 18:55 | 19:18 | 19:10 | 19:48 | 19:48 | 20:48 | 20:48 | 21:48 | 21:48 | 22:48 | 22:48 | 23:48 | 23:48 |
| Cock Lane (at) | 05:27 | 05:57 | 06:27 | 06:55 | 07:12 | 07:27 | 07:57 | 07:42 | 08:12 | 08:27 | 08:59 | 08:44 | 09:31 | 09:27 | 09:16 | 08:57 | 10:01 | 09:57 | 09:46 | 10:31 | 10:27 | 10:16 | 11:01 | 10:57 | 10:46 | 11:31 | 11:27 | 11:16 | 12:01 | 11:57 | 11:46 | 12:31 | 12:27 | 12:16 | 13:01 | 12:57 | 12:46 | 13:31 | 13:27 | 13:16 | 14:01 | 13:57 | 13:46 | 14:31 | 14:27 | 14:16 | 15:01 | 14:57 | 14:46 | 15:42 | 15:27 | 15:16 | 15:57 | 16:12 | 15:57 | 16:27 | 16:44 | 16:29 | 16:57 | 17:14 | 16:59 | 17:27 | 17:44 | 17:29 | 17:57 | 18:06 | 18:27 | 18:36 | 18:21 | 18:51 | 18:57 | 19:06 | 19:27 | 19:21 | 19:57 | 19:57 | 20:57 | 20:57 | 21:57 | 21:57 | 22:57 | 22:57 | 23:57 | 23:57 |
| Wakefield Bus Station (stand 14) | 05:40 | 06:10 | 06:40 | 07:10 | 07:30 | 07:45 | 08:15 | 08:00 | 08:30 | 08:45 | 09:15 | 09:00 | 09:45 | 09:40 | 09:30 | 09:10 | 10:15 | 10:10 | 10:00 | 10:45 | 10:40 | 10:30 | 11:15 | 11:10 | 11:00 | 11:45 | 11:40 | 11:30 | 12:15 | 12:10 | 12:00 | 12:45 | 12:40 | 12:30 | 13:15 | 13:10 | 13:00 | 13:45 | 13:40 | 13:30 | 14:15 | 14:10 | 14:00 | 14:45 | 14:40 | 14:30 | 15:15 | 15:10 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 15:40 | 15:30 | 16:10 | 16:30 | 16:15 | 16:40 | 17:00 | 16:45 | 17:10 | 17:30 | 17:15 | 17:40 | 18:00 | 17:45 | 18:10 | 18:20 | 18:40 | 18:50 | 18:35 | 19:05 | 19:10 | 19:20 | 19:40 | 19:35 | 20:10 | 20:10 | 21:10 | 21:10 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 23:10 | 23:10 | 00:10 | 00:10 |
Route map
All stops on route 496
496 towards Bus Station
- Bell Street (opp) Upton
- Brookside Upton
- Upton Main Street (opp) Upton
- Upton Memorial Upton
- Upton School Upton
- Hill Estate Upton
- Upton Social Club (near) Upton
- Grosvenor Avenue Upton
- Thistle Drive (at) Upton
- Rose Estate Upton
- Rose Avenue Upton
- East Avenue Upton
- New Lane (S bund) Upton
- Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange/A10 Doncaster Town Centre
- North Bridge Road/Elwis Street (adj) Doncaster Town Centre
- York Road/Newcomen Road (adj) York Road
- York Road/Sprotborough Road (nr) York Road
- York Road/Alwyn Avenue (adj) Scawthorpe
- York Road/Stanley Road (adj) Scawthorpe
- York Road/Barnsley Road (opp) Scawsby
- York Road/Green Lane (adj) Scawthorpe
- York Road/Jossey Lane (opp) Scawthorpe
- Great North Road/Coppice Road (nr) Highfields
- Great North Road/Welfare Road Woodlands
- Great North Road/Doncaster Lane (nr) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Chadwick Road (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/The Park (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/The Oval (nr) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Ridge Balk Lane (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Rockingham Way (on) Woodlands
- Great North Road/The Oval (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Roman Ridge (adj) Woodlands
- Elmsall Way (N bound) South Elmsall
- Next Distribution Centre (at) South Elmsall
- Elmsall Drive (S bound) North Elmsall
- Dale Lane Industrial Estate South Elmsall
- Stadium Way (at) South Elmsall
- Sandford Road (opp) South Elmsall
- Minsthorpe College South Elmsall
- Minsthorpe Leisure Centre (opp) South Elmsall
- Manor Farm Estate South Elmsall
- South Elmsall Bus Station (stand A) South Elmsall
- Carlton Road South Elmsall
- Cambridge Street (opp) South Elmsall
- Regent Street (opp) Moorthorpe
- Moorthorpe Station (opp) Moorthorpe
- S Kirkby Recreation Ground South Kirkby
- South Kirkby Green (opp) South Kirkby
- South Kirkby Church (near) South Kirkby
- Prospect Terrace (opp) South Kirkby
- Mill Lane (at) South Kirkby
- Beech Close (opp) South Kirkby
- Hague Hall (N bound) South Kirkby
- Bridge House (opp) Hemsworth
- Hague Crescent Hemsworth
- Victoria Street (opp) Hemsworth
- Grove Lane (opp) Hemsworth
- Hemsworth Bus Station (stand C) Hemsworth
- Hemsworth Academy Hemsworth
- Vale Head Park (opp) Hemsworth
- Hemsworth Water Park (opp) Kinsley
- Kinsley Stadium (opp) Kinsley
- Carrgate Kinsley
- Kings Meadow Academy (opp) Kinsley
- Fitzwilliam Station Fitzwilliam
- Railway Terrace Fitzwilliam
- Garmil Head Lane Fitzwilliam
- Independent School Nostell
- Priory Gates Nostell
- Foulby Foulby
- Towers Lane (at) Foulby
- West Lane (opp) Foulby
- Slack Lane (at) Crofton
- Cock Lane (at) Crofton
- Kingsley Avenue (near) Crofton
- Lodge Lane Heath Common
- Kendal Rise (opp) Heath Common
- Bar House Heath Common
- Doncaster Road Junction Heath Common
- Agbrigg Road (at) Belle Vue
- Belle Vue Stadium (at) Belle Vue
- Sugar Lane (at) Belle Vue
- Fall Ings Belle Isle
- Kirkgate H Wakefield
- Kirkgate G Wakefield City Centre
- Union Street J Wakefield City Centre
- Wakefield Bus Station (stand 14) Wakefield City Centre
496 towards Bell Street
- Wakefield Bus Station (stand 14) Wakefield City Centre
- Kirkgate E Wakefield City Centre
- Kirkgate A Wakefield
- The Hepworth C (S bound) Wakefield City Centre
- Sugar Lane Belle Vue
- Belle Vue Stadium (opp) Belle Vue
- Agbrigg Road Belle Vue
- St Catherine's Villas Agbrigg
- Oakenshaw Lane Heath Common
- Bar House Heath Common
- Kendal Rise (at) Heath Common
- Kingsley Avenue Crofton
- Lodge Lane Heath Common
- Cock Lane (opp) Crofton
- Slack Lane Crofton
- West Lane (at) Foulby
- Windmill Hill Foulby
- Towers Lane Foulby
- Foulby Foulby
- Independent School (at) Nostell
- Priory Gates Nostell
- Nostell Priory (at) Nostell
- Central Avenue Fitzwilliam
- Railway Terrace (at) Fitzwilliam
- Fitzwilliam Station (near) Fitzwilliam
- Kings Meadow Academy Kinsley
- Carrgate (opp) Kinsley
- Kinsley Stadium Kinsley
- Hemsworth Water Park (O/S FLATS) Kinsley
- Vale Head Park (at) Hemsworth
- Hemsworth Academy (near) Hemsworth
- Hemsworth Bus Station (stand E) Hemsworth
- Hemsworth Bus Station (stand E) Hemsworth
- Grove Lane (at) Hemsworth
- Hague Crescent (opp) Hemsworth
- Victoria Street (at) Hemsworth
- Bridge House (at) Hemsworth
- Hague Hall South Kirkby
- Mill Lane (opp) South Kirkby
- Beech Close South Kirkby
- Prospect Terrace (at) South Kirkby
- South Kirkby Church (opp) South Kirkby
- South Kirkby Green (at) South Kirkby
- Moorthorpe Station Moorthorpe
- S Kirkby Recreation Ground South Kirkby
- Regent Street (at) Moorthorpe
- Cambridge Street South Elmsall
- South Elmsall Market South Elmsall
- Carlton Road (opp) South Elmsall
- South Elmsall Bus Station (stand B) South Elmsall
- South Elmsall Bus Station (stand A) South Elmsall
- South Elmsall Bus Station (stand C) South Elmsall
- Manor Farm Estate South Elmsall
- Minsthorpe Leisure Centre (adj) South Elmsall
- Minsthorpe College South Elmsall
- Sandford Road (at) South Elmsall
- Stadium Way (opp) South Elmsall
- Dale Lane Industrial Estate South Elmsall
- Elmsall Way South Elmsall
- Next Distribution Centre (opp) South Elmsall
- Elmsall Drive (N bound) North Elmsall
- Railway Cottages (opp) Wrangbrook
- Bell Street (opp) Upton
- Barnsdale Way (at) Upton
- Redhouse Industrial Estate/Access Road (opp) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Lutterworth Drive (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Tenter Balk Lane (nr) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Tenter Balk Lane (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Windmill Balk Lane (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Princess Street (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Welfare Road (opp) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Lake Road (adj) Woodlands
- Great North Road/Coppice Road Highfields
- Great North Road/Park and Ride (adj) Bentley
- York Road/Green Lane (opp) Scawthorpe
- York Road/Jossey Lane (o/s) Scawthorpe
- York Road/Pipering Lane West (adj) Scawthorpe
- York Road/Alwyn Avenue (opp) Scawthorpe
- York Road/Watch House Lane (adj) Cusworth
- York Road/Baldwin Avenue (adj) York Road
- York Road/Sprotbrough Road (opp) York Road
- North Bridge Road/Church Way (adj) Doncaster Town Centre
- Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange/A10 Doncaster Town Centre
Towns & areas on this route
WakefieldSouth ElmsallHemsworthDoncaster Town CentreWakefield City CentreBentleyWoodlandsUptonScawthorpeSouth KirkbyCroftonScawsby
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 496 bus?
The first 496 departure on weekdays leaves at 04:50 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 496 bus?
The last 496 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:01. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 496 bus cost?
The 496 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. Arriva Yorkshire day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 496 bus?
The 496 is operated by Arriva Yorkshire.
Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.