Derby railway station

Derby is a major interchange: 131 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	61
Nottingham	134	145	61
Sheffield	126	121	83
Birmingham New Street	115	118	63
Chesterfield	107	114	75
Beeston	113	112	33
Burton-on-Trent	84	87	37
Tamworth	85	86	39
Leicester	71	70	42
St Pancras International	69	67	40
Cheltenham Spa	57	60	34
Newark Castle	53	57	24
Hykeham	51	52	24
Lincoln	51	52	24
Spondon	44	43	26
Worcestershire Parkway	40	43	9
Attenborough	41	41	30
Loughborough	42	41	33
Belper	40	40	31
East Midlands Parkway	40	40	42
Ambergate	37	37	30
Collingham	36	37	24
Duffield	37	37	30
Cromford	36	36	28
Matlock	36	36	28
Matlock Bath	36	36	28
Whatstandwell	36	36	28
Lowdham	34	35	23
Fiskerton	32	33	7
York	50	33	34
Alsager	32	32	15
Blythe Bridge	32	32	15
Crewe	32	32	15
Doncaster	22	32	35
Gloucester	30	32	11
Kidsgrove	32	32	15
Longton	32	32	15
Stoke-on-Trent	32	32	15
Tutbury and Hatton	32	32	15
Uttoxeter	32	32	15

and 100 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 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Derby gains 1 destination including Weston-super-Mare.

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.