Chesterfield train station
Chesterfield is a major interchange: 105 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Sheffield, with 176 trains a day.
Chesterfield is the nearest station for postcodes in S49, S41, S40, S42, S43. Check your own postcode.
- 105 direct destinations
- 310th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 431 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Chesterfield
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 176 | 175 | 122 |
| Derby | 105 | 103 | 70 |
| Nottingham | 70 | 70 | 53 |
| Alfreton | 68 | 69 | 52 |
| Leicester | 66 | 66 | 38 |
| Leeds | 64 | 38 | 31 |
| St Pancras International | 64 | 63 | 37 |
| Ilkeston | 46 | 51 | 31 |
| Dronfield | 43 | 43 | 30 |
| Langley Mill | 42 | 41 | 43 |
| Loughborough | 37 | 37 | 29 |
| Long Eaton | 36 | 34 | 28 |
| East Midlands Parkway | 35 | 36 | 38 |
| Birmingham New Street | 33 | 33 | 28 |
| Barnsley Interchange | 32 | 32 | 25 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 32 | 32 | 25 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 32 | 6 | 5 |
| Wakefield Kirkgate | 32 | 32 | 25 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 31 | 32 | 24 |
| York | 31 | 30 | 22 |
| Darlington | 30 | 27 | 22 |
| Durham | 30 | 27 | 22 |
| Newcastle | 30 | 27 | 22 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Stockport | 29 | 32 | 24 |
| Warrington Central | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Widnes | 29 | 30 | 18 |
| Bristol Parkway | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 26 | 26 | 20 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 25 | 24 | 20 |
| Ely | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Exeter St Davids | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Grantham | 24 | 26 | 16 |
| Norwich | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Newton Abbot | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough | 24 | 25 | 16 |
and 65 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Chesterfield
Chesterfield is on the Midland Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Chesterfield station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Chesterfield station on 916 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 174 paths on the Wednesday, 75 paths on the Saturday and 22 paths on the Sunday. 87 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 02:00 to 03:00 on the Friday, with 16 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Chesterfield station is
1,820,668 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 310th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 175,215 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Chesterfield and Sheffield than any other pair: 483,866 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 81 stations instead of 105, a drop of about 23%. Saturday runs to 74.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Chesterfield gains 20 destinations including Weston-super-Mare, Leuchars, Cupar, Ladybank, Basingstoke, Southampton Central.
Nearest other stations
- Dronfield 4.8 miles
- Dore and Totley 7.3 miles
- Creswell 8.6 miles
- Langwith-Whaley Thorns 8.7 miles
- Matlock 9.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Chesterfield, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Chesterfield Central · 0.2 miles
- Chesterfield Market Place · 0.6 miles
- Sheepbridge and Brimington · 1.4 miles
- Sheepbridge · 1.7 miles
- Grassmoor · 2.2 miles
- Whittington · 2.4 miles
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Facilities at Chesterfield station
Chesterfield is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:15 to 19:00 · Saturday: 06:15 to 18:00 · Sunday: 08:30 to 21:00
Toilets
Parking at Chesterfield station
- Station Car Park 431 spaces, 20 accessible
£6.60 off-peak, £13.20 a day, £39.60 a week
Cycle parking: 80 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 31 August 2026.
Getting to Chesterfield station
Chesterfield station is in Chesterfield, East Midlands, and is run by East Midlands Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J29A, 3.6 miles east.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Chesterfield 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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