Cheapest€26.19
- Grand Central GC890706:121h 56m08:08Sunderland railway stationDerby railway station
Door to door 2h 40mCO2 8.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Sunderland to Derby train
Trains from Sunderland to Derby start at €30.04 and take 2h 40m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Sunderland to Derby on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Sunderland to Derby starts at €30.04 and takes 2h 40m door to door, run by 2 operators over 254 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 2h 40mDoor to door
- 1h 56mMoving
- €30.04 to €70.74From
- 06:12 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 8.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€30.04 to €70.74 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €63.59Wed16
- about €70.74Thu17
- about €58.09Fri18
- about €55.34Sat19
- about €49.29Sun20
- about €50.39Mon21
- about €39.94Tue22
- about €41.59Wed23
- about €48.74Thu24
- about €42.69Fri25
- about €49.84Sat26
- about €42.14Sun27
- about €38.29Mon28
- about €30.04Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Country | €28.39 | 2h 31m |
 Grand Central | €26.19 | 2h 32m |
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When to book Sunderland to Derby
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.5990 days
- €35.5460 days
- €27.2945 days
- €32.2430 days
- €26.1921 days
- €30.0414 days
- €39.947 days
- €58.093 days
- €63.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €26.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is €63.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €42.14Sun
- €38.29Mon
- €30.04Tue
- €41.59Wed
- €48.74Thu
- €42.69Fri
- €49.84Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Sunderland
Rail
- Sunderland railway station
- Boldon railway station
- Murton railway station
Derby
Rail
- Derby railway station
- Derby Friargate railway station
- Derby Nottingham Road railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 254 km against 220 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bradford, York, Sheffield, Leeds. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sunderland at 06:12 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Sunderland to Derby
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Sunderland to Derby take?
The Train from Sunderland to Derby takes 2h 40m door to door, of which 1h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 254 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Sunderland to Derby cost?
The Train from Sunderland to Derby starts at €30.04 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €31.42. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Sunderland to Derby?
2 operators run the Train from Sunderland to Derby: Cross Country, Grand Central. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Sunderland to Derby use?
The Train from Sunderland to Derby leaves from Sunderland railway station and arrives at Derby railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Sunderland to Derby?
Fares for the Train from Sunderland to Derby bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €26.19. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 143 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Sunderland to Derby produce?
The Train from Sunderland to Derby produces about 8.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 254 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Sunderland to Derby?
Operators on the Train from Sunderland to Derby publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 40m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sunderland to Derby on 15 September 2026: 254 km of route against 220 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €30.04, and 2h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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