Travel to Pontefract

Every way to reach Pontefract: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Pontefract is reachable from 2 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin is 45 km away.

Checked 2 October 2026Priced for 2 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Pontefract

Every mode that actually calls at Pontefract, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train4€11.881h 14m65 km1
  • 2Places you can arrive from
  • 2Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Pontefract is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere central works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Pontefract Monkhill

Sort by distance from Pontefract Monkhill and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km4100%Scunthorpe, 45 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Pontefract that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom4100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Pontefract

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Pontefract

Rail
  • Pontefract Monkhill
  • Pontefract Baghill railway station
  • Pontefract Monkhill railway station
Coach
  • Pontefract Bus Station
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Pontefract

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Pontefract, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Hull to Pontefract train€11.881h 23m65 km
Scunthorpe to Pontefract train€11.881h 14m45 km

We cannot promise Pontefract Monkhill still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Pontefract Monkhill

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular journeys to Pontefract

Common questions about Travel to Pontefract

How can I get to Pontefract?

Pontefract is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 2 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Pontefract?

The cheapest way into Pontefract is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 2 origins we sell into Pontefract over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Pontefract?

The fastest journey into Pontefract is by Train, at 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 45 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Pontefract have?

Pontefract has 4 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Pontefract Monkhill, Pontefract Baghill railway station, Pontefract Monkhill railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Pontefract from within 200 km?

4 of the routes we sell into Pontefract start within 200 km. The nearest is Scunthorpe, 45 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Pontefract in United Kingdom?

Pontefract connects to 2 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 65 km away in a straight line. United Kingdom routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in United Kingdom

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Pontefract and elsewhere in United Kingdom. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Pontefract before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Pontefract, with free cancellation on most of it.

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