Fairly easy to navigate. Plenty of staff around to ask questions or for help. Busy stop to…read moreairport is directly outside and come fairly regularly

I used Derby Railway Station as a connection on a journey from Manchester Piccadilly to Leicester,…read moreit is a fairly small station with only seven platforms, but with Derby only being a very small city with a population of around 250,000, this is pretty understandable. The station is operated by East Midlands Trains, which did cause some confusion in the past with Yelp merging the two listings by mistake, for anyone reading this confused, British railway stations which aren't the busiest, major stations such as Manchester Piccadilly and most in London, are often operated by local railway operators who mainly use the station, in this case East Midlands trains operate this station, so the staff you'll see around often have jackets with that provider on, in a similar way Brighton Station is operated by Southern Railway. Other providers serving the station include Northern and Cross Country. Being on the Midland Main Line, East Midlands Trains offer serves to East Midlands Parkway (for the airport), Leicester, Chesterfield etc and Cross Country offer services on their Reading-Newcastle and Cardiff-Nottingham routes, which, as well as the named cities, also call at Birmingham and Sheffield. Sadly, there are no direct routes to Manchester with the best routes being an East Midlands service to Stoke On-Trent or Sheffield or a Cross Country service into Birmingham New Street and then onto there, the services into London are also pretty infrequent and although you can get an East Midlands service into St Pancras, arriving in just over 90 minutes it is again better to go into Birmingham. It is located rather close to Pride Park Football Stadium, home to Championship side Derby County, who potentially could be in the Premier League with a playoff win over Aston Villa at the end of the month, making it quite an easy ground to get too, so good luck to them on their promotion quest. The station seemed quite clean, and the staff in the station seemed nice, the bridge was quite modern considering at most other stations including nearby Sheffield they tend to be a little grubby and ugly. There isn't a lot of businesses inside the station, there is a Costa and WHSmith which are pretty much regulars to train stations in the UK, especially the latter. A clean train station, mainly offering local services, just over half an hour from Birmingham and Sheffield where you can get loads more trains to carry on your journey. 3*

The station is very convenient for me - just an £8 pound taxi ride from home. It is not the best in…read moreconnectivity unless you want to go to Cardiff, Manchester, Nottingham or a few other cities - Plymouth, Bristol for example. However to get to London you can just take one stop to Tamworth and then change for direct to London - that is my plan today. The station is not really very inviting but they do have a small news and coffee shop and (very important on a cold winters day like today!) a heated waiting room serving both platforms. In summary - thank goodness for little stations like this that connect you with everywhere in England, Scotland and Wales affordable and without having to drive! Review #92 2019

Burton Upon Trent is located between Derby an Birmingham. Burton Upon Trent rail station is…read moreoperated and managed by Cross Country Trains, which operate frequent services between Nottingham and Birmingham New Street / Cardiff Central. Crosscountry services run twice every hour to Nottingham, and once hourly to Birmingham, and once hourly to Cardiff Central. Cross Country high speed services to the South West, and th North East stop at the station, however these are less freqent, and occur mosty during the morning and evening commute.

Arriving off the train causes some confusion as there are two footbridges to leave the station…read more One is an older footbridge that now has an exit to the tram, this is halfway down the platform The second leads to the main train building. This is great building with high ceilings and authentic original designs worth a look if you have some time at the station.

i would love to say a massive thankyou to mags that helped me today while I was on her train while…read morein labour. she was amazing kept checking if I was ok or need anything. she even made sure I had fluids alway the way from Manchester to Nottingham. When I got of the train my contractions were every 15 minute. and my waters had broke embarrassing I now haha baby wanted to come early. mags even got me a wheelchair .Then when off the train I was meet by some one called Darren and his team where they order me and my husband a taxi home and even payed for it. while In the taxi home my contraction's come every 5 mins so we got taxi from Mine to hospital and lets say baby was born half six today weighing in @ 6 1 to a wee little boy named jude Moore so thank you peeps if you didn't order that taxi baby would of been born on train once again thank you mother and baby doing ok What a wicked team

There isn't really much to say about Chesterfield Railway Station.... there are two platforms, so…read moreno problem getting lost. There is no bus stop at the station, but probably for the best as it is a very busy junction... can even prove a bit tricky for pedestrians. The station does have a car park, both long stay and short stay, although because it is quite the spot for commuters, there are a number of other (and cheaper) car parking options just down the road off the roundabout. Plenty of places to store bikes, there is a cash point just to the left of the entrance toward the newsagent. There is also a little café as well if you want to grab a drink to go. Inside the station itself, just outside the café and newsagent are some tables and chairs if you are waiting for someone or arrived a bit early. To the right of the entrance are two self-service ticket kiosks and a car parking pay point. No ticket barriers at the station, making it easy to access the toilets on Platform 1. Again, not a whole lot here, but I think it keeps the station hassle-free.

East Midlands Parkway is located next to radcliffe on soar power station in Leicestershire,…read moreEngland. It is the newst rail station to open in the country, and is operated by East Midlands Trains, with services to Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds and London St Pancras Directly, with connections at Derby, Nottingham and Leicester to other towns and cities accross the UK. East Midlands Parkway is located between Long Eaton and Loughtborough Train Stations and has a bus service to East Midlands Airport twice an hour. East Midlands Parkway opened on the 26th January, and is planned to expand when rails are upgraded alongside the station, allowing more services to stop. Overall a great station to travel from.

The best thing that can be said about Uttoxeter Railway Station is that it's useful. The most…read moresignificant thing that can be said is that it's next to the main Uttoxeter Racecourse. And that's all the attributes that it can really boast in the 21st century. It's unstaffed, there's no ticket sales point, no refreshment point, no toilet facilities, no waiting rooms and no lots of other things. It's a two-track station, with each side of the platform having a covered shelter. The seats inside are that awful slanted bench style (to discourage Special-Brew swilling itinerants and teenagers?) and they aren't always any too clean (proof of the failure of their purpose?). On the small walkway up there is a public payphone. Hooray. But don't expect to be able to catch a taxi into town .. The Uttoxeter Taxi service is legendary - in that many people have heard of it, most people believe it probably exists, but no-one you ever speak to has seen it for real. I kid you not. If you do manage to get hold of a taxi number then be sure to book well in advance - at least a day or two, if you have a shed-load of luggage to porter. There are town buses that stop here, although in all my years of travelling to Uttoxeter I've never actually seen one. Another myth I hope to disprove one day. The other down-side is that whilst Platform One can be walked straight onto from the car park, you have to cross the track on foot (no bridge or tunnel) to reach Platform Two. I've done this with luggage and a small toddler in a buggy in the past, and it's actually quite scary, worrying if a wheel is going to get stuck. It wasn't always like this - the town has been rail-linked since 1848, and at one stage in it's 19thC history had three railway stations to boast of. But progress dictates change and at the end of the 19thC these were amalgamated into the one station that still stands today. A fire destroyed the station building back in the late 1980's and was never rebuilt to it's full glory. Now, however it simply serves the Crewe/Derby line, with it's gateway to larger stations are Stoke and Stafford. The trains are faily regular - hourly - and if they run on time (reasonably so) then at least the station is soon a thing of memory!

This station really is a waste and could be used for better routes to Birmingham and further afield…read morebut it only goes to either Crewe or Derby. The station is very simple and small, the timetables are clear and readily available to view. It does get a bit busy at peak times but the queues are not normally too bad. The biggest problem is the lack of parking here.

Willington Train station is located between buron upon trent, and derby of the north east to…read morebirmingham railway line. Willingtonton is poorley served by crosscountry trains with limited services stopping at the station, therefore its highly advisable to check with crosscountry trains website to ensure there are trains for the time of day you are traveling. the station is operated by ivanhoe, which is a train operator in the uk and does not feature a ticket office, but tickets can be purchused penalty free from the train conductor on board the train. Crosscountry trains run to Nottingham via derby, Birmingham New Street, and Cardiff Central. There are limited services mainly at Peak times in the morning and evening.

Long Eaton station is located on the Midland Mainline between Derby and Leicester, and has two…read moreplatforms, one for westbound trains, and the other for southbound London trains, and Eastbound Nottingham Trains. Cross Country and East Midlands Trains operate services from the Station, East Midlands Trains 1x hourly to London, and Derby or Sheffield, and 1x hourly to Matlock and Nottingham, and Cross Country Trains operate a hourly service to Birmingham New Street or Cardiff Central, and Nottingham. The station is not great is bad weather conditions, and there is disabled access, however it is a rather steep slope to the platform from the main road.