Ambergate train station
You can reach 29 stations directly from Ambergate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Belper, with 37 trains a day.
Address: Midland Terrace, Belper, DE56 2EN
Ambergate is the nearest station for postcodes in DE5. Check your own postcode.
- 29 direct destinations
- 2,128th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free throughout
- 35 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Ambergate
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belper | 37 | 37 | 30 |
| Derby | 37 | 37 | 30 |
| Duffield | 37 | 37 | 30 |
| Attenborough | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| Beeston | 36 | 36 | 29 |
| Long Eaton | 36 | 36 | 29 |
| Nottingham | 36 | 36 | 29 |
| Cromford | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Matlock | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Matlock Bath | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Spondon | 34 | 33 | 26 |
| Whatstandwell | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Newark Castle | 27 | 29 | 24 |
| Carlton | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| Lowdham | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| Collingham | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Hykeham | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Lincoln | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Swinderby | 16 | 17 | 14 |
| Bleasby | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Burton Joyce | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Fiskerton | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Rolleston | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Thurgarton | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Barnetby | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Cleethorpes | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Grimsby Town | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Habrough | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Market Rasen | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Newark Northgate | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lines serving Ambergate
Ambergate is on the Midland Main Line, the Derwent Valley Line and the St Pancras to Chesterfield Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ambergate station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Ambergate station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Ambergate station is
39,004 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,128th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Ambergate and Derby than any other pair: 12,152 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Whatstandwell 1.9 miles
- Belper 2.5 miles
- Cromford 4.6 miles
- Duffield 5.0 miles
- Matlock Bath 5.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ambergate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ripley · 3.4 miles
- Wingfield · 3.4 miles
- Denby · 3.6 miles
- Kilburn · 3.7 miles
- Hazelwood · 4.5 miles
- Crosshill and Codnor · 4.7 miles
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Facilities at Ambergate station
Ambergate is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Parking at Ambergate station
- Station Car Park. (Pay by RingGO available) www.myringgo.co.uk/parkinglocator/23303 35 spaces, 2 accessible
£1.70 off-peak, £2.80 a day, £8.40 a week
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 11 August 2026.
Getting to Ambergate station
Ambergate station is in Amber Valley, East Midlands, and is run by East Midlands Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J28 (Pinxton Interchange), 7.1 miles north-east.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Hurt Arms.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ambergate station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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