72 Chapeltown ↔ Swinton

Operated by Stagecoach Yorkshire. First bus 05:10, last bus 19:45. 30 journeys on weekdays.

The 72 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.

72 towards Swinton — Monday to Friday (15 journeys)
Lound Side/Market Place (adj) 05:1006:1007:0508:0509:0510:0511:0512:0513:0514:0515:1016:1517:1518:2019:15
Bevan Way/Burns Drive (opp) 05:1506:1507:1008:1009:1010:1011:1112:1113:1114:1115:1716:2117:2118:2519:20
Maple Road/Westwood New Road (at) 05:3006:3107:2808:2909:2910:2911:2812:2813:2814:3015:3616:4117:4118:4419:36
Olympus Way/Parkside Road (56173) 05:3506:3607:3408:3509:3610:3511:3412:3413:3414:3615:4316:4817:4818:5019:42
High Street/Market Street (adj) 05:4206:4307:4108:4209:4410:4311:4212:4213:4214:4415:5116:5617:5618:5719:49
Corton Wood/Dearne Valley Parkway (at) 05:5306:5507:5308:5409:5610:5511:5412:5413:5414:5716:0417:0918:0919:0920:00
Montgomery Road/Wath Bus Station 4 (WS4) 06:0007:0308:0109:0310:0411:0312:0213:0214:0215:0616:1317:1818:1719:1720:08
Manvers Way/Bolton Road (adj) 06:0707:1108:0909:1310:1211:1112:1013:1014:1015:1516:2217:2718:2519:2420:15
Rockingham Road/Warren Vale (adj) 06:1807:2208:2009:2510:2411:2312:2213:2214:2215:2816:3517:4018:3719:3520:26
Swinton Interchange/SW2 06:2207:2708:2509:3010:2911:2812:2713:2714:2715:3316:4017:4518:4119:3920:30

Route map

All stops on route 72

72 towards Swinton

  1. Lound Side/Market Place (adj) Chapeltown
  2. Ecclesfield Road/Park View Road (opp) Chapeltown
  3. Park View Road/Chapel Road (nr) Chapeltown
  4. Chapel Road/Willow Crescent (opp) Chapeltown
  5. Chapel Road/Hornbeam Close (opp) Burncross
  6. Chapel Road/Walnut Place (opp) Chapeltown
  7. Ash View/Chestnut Drive (adj) Burncross
  8. Chapel Road/Elm Rise (opp) Burncross
  9. Bevan Way/Burns Drive (opp) Burncross
  10. Bevan Way/Broad Inge Crescent (adj) Burncross
  11. Burncross Road/Blackburn Drive (opp) Burncross
  12. Blackburn Drive/Swale Drive (opp) Burncross
  13. Blackburn Drive/Blackburn Crescent (adj) Burncross
  14. Blackburn Crescent/Harlech Close (adj) Burncross
  15. Sherburn Gate/Smithy Carr Avenue (adj) Chapeltown
  16. Sherburn Gate/Hodder Court (adj) Chapeltown
  17. Sherburn Gate/Slaidburn Avenue (adj) Chapeltown
  18. School Road/Worrall Road (opp) Chapeltown
  19. Worrall Road/Beechwood Road (adj) Chapeltown
  20. School Road/Griffiths Road (adj) Chapeltown
  21. Worrall Road/Greengate Lane Chapeltown
  22. Greengate Lane/Worrall Road (adj) High Green
  23. Worrall Road/Valley Road (nr) Chapeltown
  24. Foster Way/Freeman Gardens (adj) High Green
  25. Foster Way/Acre Gate (adj) High Green
  26. Foster Way/Cottam Road (nr) High Green
  27. Foster Way/Potters Gate High Green
  28. Foster Way/Sunny Bank (adj) High Green
  29. Wortley Road/Thompson Hill (at) High Green
  30. Wortley Road/Westwood New Road (at) High Green
  31. Wentworth Way/Maple Road (adj) Tankersley
  32. Maple Road/Maple Court (at) Tankersley
  33. Maple Road/Westwood New Road (at) Tankersley
  34. Westwood New Road/Wentworth Way (adj) Tankersley
  35. Westwood New Road/Glebe Court (adj) Tankersley
  36. Westwood New Road/Walker Road (opp) Tankersley
  37. Tankersley Lane/New Road (adj) Tankersley
  38. Olympus Way/Parkside Road (56173) Hoyland Common
  39. Sheffield Road/Fitzwilliam Street (nr) Hoyland Common
  40. Hoyland Road/Sheffield Road (adj) Hoyland Common
  41. Hoyland Road/Stead Lane (opp) Hoyland Common
  42. Hoyland Road/Stoney Croft (opp) Hoyland Common
  43. West Street/Vernon Street (at) Hoyland
  44. West Street/Broad Street (opp) Hoyland
  45. West Street/Longfields Crescent (nr) Hoyland
  46. High Street/Market Street (adj) Hoyland
  47. King Street/Barber Street (adj) Hoyland
  48. King Street/St Helens Street (adj) Hoyland
  49. Cobcar Street/Gray Street (opp) Elsecar
  50. Cobcar Lane/Strafford Avenue (adj) Elsecar
  51. Cobcar Lane/Cobcar Avenue (adj) Elsecar
  52. Wath Road/Cobcar Lane (adj) Elsecar
  53. Wath Road/Pit Row (opp) Hemingfield
  54. Tingle Bridge Lane/Tingle Close (adj) Hemingfield
  55. School Street/Tingle Bridge Lane (adj) Hemingfield
  56. Hemingfield Road/School Street (adj) Hemingfield
  57. Hemingfield Road/Mellwood Grove (adj) Hemingfield
  58. Corton Wood/Dearne Valley Parkway (at) Cortonwood
  59. Wath Road/Kingfisher Drive (adj) Brampton
  60. Wath Road/Cliffe Road (opp) Brampton
  61. Barnsley Road/Westmount Avenue (adj) West Melton
  62. Barnsley Road/Grove Road (opp) West Melton
  63. Barnsley Road/Victoria Road (opp) West Melton
  64. Barnsley Road/Shakespeare Road (nr) West Melton
  65. Church Street/West Street (nr) Wath upon Dearne
  66. Montgomery Road/Wath Bus Station 4 (WS4) Wath upon Dearne
  67. Station Road/Biscay Way (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  68. Station Road/Manvers Way Wath upon Dearne
  69. Manvers Way/Meadows Road (adj) Manvers
  70. Manvers Way/Farfield Park (nr) Manvers
  71. Manvers Way/Farfield Park (opp) Manvers
  72. Manvers Way/Bolton Road (adj) Manvers
  73. Doncaster Road/The Staithes (adj) Manvers
  74. Doncaster Road/Golden Smithies Lane (opp) Manvers
  75. Doncaster Road/Cadman Street (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  76. Doncaster Road/Sandymount Road (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  77. Burman Road/Doncaster Road (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  78. Burman Road/Charles Road (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  79. Festival Road/Fitzwilliam Avenue (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  80. Cemetery Road/Varney Road (at) Wath upon Dearne
  81. Stump Cross Road/Cemetery Road (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  82. Cemetery Road/Newhill Road (at) Newhill
  83. Quarry Hill Road/Varney Road (adj) Newhill
  84. Quarry Hill Road/Mount Pleasant Road (adj) Newhill
  85. Quarry Hill Road/Campsall Field Road (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  86. Wath Wood Road/Woodlands Road Wath upon Dearne
  87. Wath Wood Road/Rig Drive (adj) Swinton
  88. Warren Vale Road/Woodman Drive (opp) Swinton
  89. Rockingham Road/Warren Vale (adj) Swinton
  90. Church Street/St Margarets Drive (adj) Swinton
  91. Rockingham Road/Brameld Road (opp) Swinton
  92. Church Street/Fitzwilliam Street (opp) Swinton
  93. Church Street/Chapel Hill (adj) Swinton
  94. Church Street/Queen Street (adj) Swinton
  95. Swinton Interchange/SW2 Swinton

72 towards Chapeltown

  1. Swinton Interchange/SW2 Swinton
  2. Station Street/Lime Grove (adj) Swinton
  3. Station Street/Queen Street (opp) Swinton
  4. Church Street/Rookery Road (adj) Swinton
  5. Church Street/Milton Street (adj) Swinton
  6. Church Street/Highfields Road (adj) Swinton
  7. Rockingham Road/Brameld Road (adj) Swinton
  8. Rockingham Road/Woodlands Crescent (at) Swinton
  9. Wath Wood Road/Racecourse Road (opp) Wath upon Dearne
  10. Quarry Hill Road/Campsall Field Road (opp) Wath upon Dearne
  11. Quarry Hill Road/Mount Pleasant Road (opp) Wath upon Dearne
  12. Quarry Hill Road/Varney Road (opp) Newhill
  13. Cemetery Road/Newhill Road (adj) Newhill
  14. Cemetery Road/Grange Road (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  15. Festival Road/Fitzwilliam Avenue (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  16. Stump Cross Road/Park Road (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  17. Festival Road/Sandygate (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  18. Burman Road/Henry Road (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  19. Doncaster Road/Sandymount Street (opp) Wath upon Dearne
  20. Doncaster Road/Far Field Lane (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  21. Doncaster Road/Old Doncaster Road (adj) Manvers
  22. Doncaster Road/Golden Smithies Lane (Opp) Manvers
  23. Manvers Way/Farfield Park (at) Manvers
  24. Manvers Way/Farfield Park (adj) Manvers
  25. Manvers Way/Meadows Road (opp) Manvers
  26. Manvers Way/Station Road (opp) Manvers
  27. Station Road/Manvers Way (adj) Wath upon Dearne
  28. Station Road/Biscay Way (opp) Wath upon Dearne
  29. Church Street/Chapel Street (nr) Wath upon Dearne
  30. Montgomery Road/Wath Bus Station 2 (WS2) Wath upon Dearne
  31. Barnsley Road/Victoria Road (adj) West Melton
  32. Barnsley Road/Shakespeare Road (opp) West Melton
  33. Barnsley Road/Grove Road (adj) West Melton
  34. Wath Road/Chapel Avenue (adj) Brampton
  35. Wath Road/Cliffe Road (nr) Brampton
  36. Corton Wood/Dearne Valley Parkway (at) Cortonwood
  37. Hemingfield Road/Mellwood Grove (nr) Hemingfield
  38. Hemingfield Road/Ellis Court (adj) Hemingfield
  39. School Street/Garden Grove (adj) Hemingfield
  40. Hemingfield Road/School Street (at) Hemingfield
  41. Tingle Bridge Lane/Tingle Bridge Avenue (opp) Hemingfield
  42. Wath Road/Pit Row (adj) Hemingfield
  43. Cobcar Lane/Cobcar Street (adj) Elsecar
  44. Cobcar Lane/Gray Street (at) Elsecar
  45. Cobcar Street/Grey Street (adj) Elsecar
  46. King Street/Gill Street (adj) Hoyland
  47. King Street/Millhouses Street (adj) Hoyland
  48. Southgate/High Croft (adj) Hoyland
  49. West Street/Valley Way (adj) Hoyland
  50. West Street/Broad Street (adj) Hoyland
  51. West Street/Bank Street (opp) Hoyland
  52. Hoyland Road/Fearnley Road (adj) Hoyland Common
  53. Hoyland Road/Stead Lane (adj) Hoyland Common
  54. Sheffield Road/Beaumont Street (adj) Hoyland Common
  55. Sheffield Road/Parkside Road (adj) Hoyland Common
  56. Olympus Way/Tankersley Lane (56172) Hoyland Common
  57. Tankersley Lane/New Road (opp) Tankersley
  58. Westwood New Road/Walker Road (adj) Tankersley
  59. Westwood New Road/Glebe Court (at) Tankersley
  60. Wentworth Way/Maple Road (adj) Tankersley
  61. Maple Road/Maple Court (at) Tankersley
  62. Maple Road/Westwood New Road (at) Tankersley
  63. Wortley Road/Westwood New Road (adj) High Green
  64. Thompson Hill/Foster Way (at) High Green
  65. Foster Way/Milgrove Crescent (Adj) High Green
  66. Foster Way/Sheringham Close (opp) High Green
  67. Foster Way/Francis Grove (nr) High Green
  68. Foster Way/Freeman Gardens (opp) High Green
  69. Worrall Road/Greengate Lane (adj) Chapeltown
  70. Worrall Road/Beechwood Road (opp) Chapeltown
  71. Worrall Road/Mapplebeck Road (adj) Chapeltown
  72. School Road/Griffiths Road (opp) Chapeltown
  73. Blackburn Drive/School Road (adj) Chapeltown
  74. Sherburn Gate/Arncliffe Drive Chapeltown
  75. Sherburn Gate/Grassington Way (adj) Chapeltown
  76. Blackburn Crescent/Caister Avenue (adj) Burncross
  77. Blackburn Drive/Charlton Brook Crescent (opp) Burncross
  78. Blackburn Drive/Swale Drive (adj) Burncross
  79. Burncross Road/Blackburn Drive (adj) Burncross
  80. Bevan Way/Burns Drive (adj) Burncross
  81. Bevan Way/Stafford Way (adj) Burncross
  82. Ash View/Chapel Road (at) Burncross
  83. Chapel Road/Hornbeam Close (adj) Burncross
  84. Chapel Road/Elm Rise (adj) Burncross
  85. Chapel Road/Lime Grove (adj) Chapeltown
  86. Park View Road/Ecclesfield Road (nr) Chapeltown
  87. Ecclesfield Road/Park View Road (adj) Chapeltown
  88. Lound Side/Market Place (adj) Chapeltown

Service history & registered changes

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Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 72 bus?

The first 72 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 72 bus?

The last 72 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 19:45. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 72 bus cost?

The 72 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 72 bus?

The 72 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.