Tuesday 9 Dec 2025
Amended passenger services between Derby and Chesterfield this weekend due to drainage upgrades
- Region & Route:
- Eastern
- | Eastern: East Midlands
Passengers are advised that drainage improvement work will affect journeys between Derby and Chesterfield this weekend (Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 December).
Network Rail is carrying out renewal at three sites – Belper, Ogston and Clay Cross – to upgrade the reliability of the equipment and help reduce flood risk.
East Midlands Railway will have an amended timetable in place between London St Pancras and Sheffield* over the weekend.
CrossCountry journeys between Derby and the North East will take longer than usual.
On Saturday 13 December only, Northern will run an amended timetable between Nottingham and Sheffield.
Dan Matthews, Network Rail operations director, said:
“We’re carrying out essential drainage upgrades this weekend between Derby and Chesterfield to improve reliability on this key route.
“These works will help keep services running smoothly in the future, but we appreciate they will cause some disruption this weekend. We’re sorry to anyone whose journey is affected and encourage everyone to check before they travel.”
A spokesperson for the train operating companies said:
“Customers are advised to plan ahead as there will be changes to journeys because of the work between Derby and Chesterfield.
“We would like to thank our customers for their patience whilst Network Rail renews drainage at these three sites.”
Notes to Editors
East Midlands Railway – Saturday:
The 09:43 Leicester to Grimsby Town train will depart Leicester earlier than scheduled at 09:40, it will continue to run up to six minutes earlier through to Nottingham, where it will return to its scheduled departure time through to Grimsby Town.
The 06:55 Derby to Sheffield train will start from Derby earlier than scheduled at 06:44, it will then depart Dronfield later than scheduled at 07:26 and arrive at Sheffield at 07:36. It will not call at Belper. A connecting rail replacement bus will run between Derby and Sheffield calling at Belper and Chesterfield.
The 22:00 Sheffield to Derby train will arrive at Derby later than scheduled at 22:53, it will not call at Belper. A connecting rail replacement bus will run between Chesterfield and Derby calling at Belper.
East Midlands Railway – Sunday:
There will be a revised service on the Cleethorpes to Matlock route, trains will start/terminate at Derby. There will be a connecting rail replacement bus service running between Derby and Matlock.
Additionally:
The 07:57 Derby to London St Pancras International train will depart Derby earlier than scheduled at 07:45, it will then depart East Midlands Parkway later than scheduled at 08:15 and will continue to run up to 15 minutes later through to London St Pancras International. It will not call at Long Eaton. A connecting rail replacement bus will run between Derby and East Midlands Parkway calling at Long Eaton.
The 08:01 Derby to Ambergate train will not run. It will be replaced with a rail replacement bus calling at Duffield and Belper.
The 08:21 Nottingham to London St Pancras International train will start from East Midlands Parkway at 08:28, it will depart Loughborough earlier than scheduled at 08:37 and will return to its scheduled departure time from Leicester through to London St Pancras International. It will not call at Nottingham or Beeston. A connecting rail replacement bus will run between Nottingham and East Midlands Parkway calling at Beeston.
The 09:00 London St Pancras International to Nottingham train will start from Luton at 09.28, it will no longer call at London St Pancras International or Luton Airport Parkway.
The 08:30 Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly train will depart Nottingham later than scheduled at 08:50, it will not call at Derby or Belper and will return to its scheduled departure time from Chesterfield through to Manchester Piccadilly. A connecting rail replacement bus will run between Derby and Chesterfield calling at Belper.
There will be an additional train between Nottingham and Derby, departing Nottingham at 08:30, arriving Derby at 08:50.
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