Derby train station
Derby is a major interchange: 120 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.
Derby is the nearest station for postcodes in DE1, DE22. Check your own postcode.
- 120 direct destinations
- 132nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 498 parking spaces
- 7 bus stops nearby
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 | 61 |
| Nottingham | 134 | 131 | 56 |
| Sheffield | 124 | 122 | 80 |
| Birmingham New Street | 115 | 117 | 59 |
| Beeston | 113 | 112 | 33 |
| Chesterfield | 105 | 103 | 70 |
| Tamworth | 85 | 85 | 39 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 84 | 86 | 37 |
| Leicester | 71 | 70 | 42 |
| St Pancras International | 69 | 67 | 40 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| Newark Castle | 53 | 57 | 24 |
| Hykeham | 51 | 52 | 22 |
| Lincoln | 51 | 52 | 22 |
| York | 50 | 33 | 32 |
| Spondon | 44 | 43 | 26 |
| Darlington | 43 | 30 | 27 |
| Durham | 43 | 30 | 27 |
| Newcastle | 43 | 30 | 27 |
| Loughborough | 42 | 41 | 33 |
| Attenborough | 41 | 41 | 30 |
| Belper | 40 | 40 | 31 |
| East Midlands Parkway | 40 | 40 | 42 |
| Worcestershire Parkway | 40 | 30 | 25 |
| Ambergate | 37 | 37 | 30 |
| Duffield | 37 | 37 | 30 |
| Collingham | 36 | 37 | 22 |
| Cromford | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Matlock | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Matlock Bath | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Whatstandwell | 36 | 36 | 26 |
| Lowdham | 34 | 35 | 23 |
| Alsager | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Blythe Bridge | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Crewe | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Fiskerton | 32 | 33 | 7 |
| Kidsgrove | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Leeds | 32 | 22 | 6 |
| Longton | 32 | 32 | 15 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 32 | 33 | 15 |
and 80 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Derby
Derby is on the Midland Main Line, the Derby to Birmingham (Proof House Junction) 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 Derby station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Derby station on 340 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 56 paths on the Wednesday, 18 paths on the Saturday and 10 paths on the Sunday. 51 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 Tuesday, with 15 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 Derby station 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 81 stations instead of 120, a drop of about 32%. Saturday runs to 78.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Derby gains 12 destinations including Weston-super-Mare, Leuchars, Cupar, Ladybank, Markinch, Dundee.
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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Facilities at Derby station
Derby is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 21:00 · Saturday: 06:00 to 21:00 · Sunday: 07:00 to 21:00
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Derby station
- Derby Station Zone 1 Car Park; Derby Station Zone 2 Car Park; Derby Station Zone 3 Car Park 498 spaces, 22 accessible
£8.30 off-peak, £16.50 a day, £49.50 a week
Cycle parking: 204 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 September 2026.
Getting to Derby station
Derby station is in Derby, East Midlands, and is run by East Midlands Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J25 (Sandiacre Interchange), 6.8 miles east.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Derby 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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