Trains to Belper - Station Details and further Information on Belper Train Services
Belper train station is a train station serving the town of Belper in Derbyshire. The station is located on the Midland Main Line from Derby to Leeds.
Originally the station was a stop on the Midland Railway's main line from London St Pancras to Manchester Central which travelled through the Peak District. This line fell to the Beeching axe in 1968, and was truncated to its present terminus at Matlock.
Following withdrawal of the Manchester trains, the station became unmanned and in 1973 the station buildings were demolished. The bridge carrying King Street over the line was widened for a supermarket to be built by Fine Fare (now Somerfield).
Access to the station can be gained via a narrow alleyway from King Street below the Somerfield supermarket, from the Field Lane car park and across the rear of the supermarket or via alleyways from Field Lane (by the railway bridge) and Albert Street.
The station is served by one operator, East Midlands Trains, with local services from Nottingham via Derby to Matlock along the Derwent Valley Line. Services are approximately hourly Monday to Saturday (with a reduced service on Sundays) and are formed using diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 or 158. Two trains per day start/terminate at Derby rather than Nottingham.
Throughout the main part of the day interchange with services to many local and national destinations including Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham and London can be made at Derby.
For journeys beginning at Belper, tickets may be bought on the train for any destination in the country. (From Derby, tickets must be bought at the ticket office). Journey time to Derby is approximately 11 minutes, and 21 minutes to Matlock. During service disruption, buses will either pick up and set down in the vicinity of the Lion Hotel in Bridge Street.
During June-July 2009, an automatic ticket machine is to be installed on the Derby-bound platform at Belper station. This will enable passengers to buy tickets before they board, as with Matlock station. Previously tickets could only be bought from the conductor on board the train.
In 2005 the station was refurbished with new shelters, seats, train indicators - and rubbish bins - by a consortium of local volunteers, work experience trainees and the local councils, with the active support of Network Rail and Central Trains (who managed the station at that time). |