Derby railway station

Derby is a major interchange: 145 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Long Eaton, with 152 trains a day.

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Derby is the nearest station for postcodes in DE1, DE22. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Derby

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Long Eaton	152	147	59
Nottingham	136	134	54
Sheffield	126	123	84
Birmingham New Street	115	117	64
Beeston	113	112	32
Chesterfield	107	104	71
Tamworth	85	85	39
Burton-on-Trent	84	86	37
Leicester	71	70	42
St Pancras International	69	67	40
Cheltenham Spa	57	59	34
Newark Castle	53	56	24
Hykeham	51	51	24
Lincoln	51	51	24
York	50	50	35
Spondon	44	43	26
Darlington	43	42	29
Durham	43	42	29
Newcastle	43	42	29
Loughborough	42	41	33
Attenborough	41	41	29
Belper	40	40	30
East Midlands Parkway	40	40	42
Worcestershire Parkway	40	42	9
Ambergate	37	37	29
Duffield	37	37	29
Collingham	36	37	24
Cromford	36	36	28
Matlock	36	36	28
Matlock Bath	36	36	28
Whatstandwell	36	36	28
Lowdham	34	34	23
Alsager	32	32	15
Blythe Bridge	32	32	15
Crewe	32	32	15
Fiskerton	32	32	7
Kidsgrove	32	32	15
Leeds	32	32	28
Longton	32	32	15
Stoke-on-Trent	32	32	15

and 105 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Derby is

4,106,660 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 132nd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 608,101 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Derby and Birmingham New Street than any other pair: 522,530 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.

Changing from 3 March 2027

From 3 March 2027, Derby gains 1 destination including Weston-super-Mare and loses 14 including Dore and Totley, Chinley, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Widnes, Stockport.

Nearest other stations

Peartree 1.4 miles
Spondon 2.2 miles
Duffield 5.0 miles
Willington 6.1 miles
Belper 7.5 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Derby, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Derby Nottingham Road · 0.7 miles
Ramsline Halt · 0.8 miles
Derby Friargate · 1.1 miles
Sinfin North · 1.7 miles
Sinfin Central · 2.0 miles
Breadsall · 2.4 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.