Trains from Barnsley to Wakefield

Barnsley to Wakefield train information

• The route connecting Barnsley, which is in England and Wakefield, located in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.
• The train is a quick and simple solution to cover the 9 miles from Barnsley to Wakefield.
• Fares can change depending on when you travel or how long in advance you buy your ticket.

Best prices for Barnsley to Wakefield train tickets

Barnsley - Wakefield prices calendar

Find the cheapest tickets to travel from Barnsley to Wakefield by train, bus, ride sharing and plane.

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Price of the ticket when booking in advance or at the last minute

Getting your ticket beforehand is most of the time cheaper than leaving it to the day you intend to travel. However, as you may see in the graph above, the price of train tickets Barnsley to Wakefield do not tend to change a lot and cost £6.

Best prices for Barnsley to Wakefield trains

We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between Barnsley and Wakefield by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Wakefield to Barnsley and find the best deal for your outbound journey.

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National Railcards can bring you great savings if you're taking the train. Depending on your age as well as your situation, you might want to get one of the 5 different railcards: Disabled persons, 16-25, Two together, Senior or Family and Friends railcards. Railcards can enable you to make great savings for your Barnsley Wakefield train ticket.

• To understand the savings that you can make with a railcard, you need to estimate the number of journeys you need to make earnings. You will see that commonly only a few trips are needed.

  For your calculation, you must include the cost of your railcard, i.e £30, the discount on each journey (i.e.: 34%) as well as the cost of your ticket. The average cost of a Barnsley Wakefield ticket is £50.00 (1).

  Divide the cost of your railcard by the discount: £30/34%= £88. Then divide £88 by £50.00: £88/£50.00 = 1.76. You will need to make on average 2 trips from Wakefield to Barnsley (one way trip) with your railcard to start saving money.

• The cost to get a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to buy a 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to get a third off most rail fares for a whole year.

⁽¹⁾Average prices observed over the last 6 months for one way journey