At the moment the bus station is a short walk away from the
railway station. There is a regular
train service between
Leeds and Sheffield that calls at Castleford as well as Wakefield,
Barnsley and the Meadowhall Shopping Centre. There is also a train service
to Xscape / Junction 32, Pontefract and Knottingley.
Buses
enter the bus station from Wakefield and Leeds. Buses also serve the
places in and around Castleford including a regular service to Pontefract
via the Junction 32 Shopping Village (Factory Outlet) and Xscape. The town
centre is at the exit of the bus station and extends to the right -
eastwards along Albion Street then turn right into Carlton Street.
More information about bus and train times
is available from the Metro site.