Trains to Doncaster - Station Details and further Information on Doncaster Train Services
Doncaster train station serves the town of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the East Coast Main Line 156 miles north of London Kings Cross, and is about ten minutes walk from Doncaster town centre. The station is managed by National Express East Coast. It is a major passenger interchange between the East Coast Main Line, Cross-Country services, and local services running across the North of England.
The station has recently been refurbished and is now directly connected to the new Frenchgate Centre extension in Doncaster town centre. The station now has a new booking office for tickets and information, three new lifts, refurbished staircases and subway. A branch of WH Smiths and several Costa Coffee outlets have also recently opened. Platform 1 is for the National Express East Coast, First Hull Trains and Northern Rail trains. Whilst all platforms are currently operational, platform 2 is not currently used for any timetabled service.
CrossCountry offers similar services to the North, but offers a more widespread network to the south, calling at places such as Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Paignton, Plymouth and sometimes as far as Penzance.
East Midlands Trains offer a limited direct service to London St. Pancras and to Leeds and York. Services to London run via Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby and Leicester but less often than National Express East Coast; They also operate a local service to Lincoln which occasionally extends to Sleaford and Peterborough.
First TransPennine Express serve stations from Doncaster towards the East to Cleethorpes, and to the West, as far as Manchester Airport, providing Doncaster with a direct link to Manchester Piccadilly. First TransPennine services operate hourly in each direction generally.
National Express East Coast offers regular direct trains services to London, which can now be reached in 85 - 100 minutes, depending on the service. On many National Express East Coast services, Doncaster is the first stop after departing London King's Cross. Nearly all services call at Doncaster. National Express East Coast also offers services to the North, to cities such as Leeds (terminating services), York, Durham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. On Sundays only the Highland Chieftain from London stops at Doncaster en-route to Inverness.
First Hull Trains operates services from London - Hull, via Doncaster & Selby.
Northern Rail generally offers services from Doncaster to stations within Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, such as Sheffield, Leeds and Lincoln. They provide stopper services, which stop at every station along-route, and 'fast' services, stopping at just the principal stations. It is possible to travel on Northern Rail to Retford from Doncaster, via Sheffield, on a direct train. However this involves a journey of 80 minutes. The direct National Express East Coast service takes, on average, just 14 minutes.
Grand Northern a route from Bradford Interchange to London King's Cross, calling at Doncaster station. |
