Sheffield to Derby bus

Buses from Sheffield to Derby start at €10.07 and take 1h 38m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Sheffield to Derby starts at €10.07 and takes 1h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 59 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 11, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 38mDoor to door
  • 54mMoving
  • €10.07From
  • 1.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 11, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€10.07
  1. FlixBus FB591006:3054m07:24Sheffield InterchangeDerby Bus Station

Door to door 1h 38mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€10.071h 36m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Derby is not something we sell.

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Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Sheffield to Derby

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0714 days
  7. €10.077 days
  8. €10.083 days
  9. €11.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 16 percent. The most expensive point is €11.73, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €10.07Sun
  2. €10.07Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €10.07Thu
  6. €10.07Fri
  7. €10.07Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Sheffield

Bus
  • Sheffield Interchange
  • Abbeydale Park & Ride

Derby

Bus
  • Derby Bus Station
  • Derby Train Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 59 km against 51 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Sheffield at 06:30 and the last at 18:17, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 14m30m44m€11.881.9 kg28
Coach1h 38m54m44m€10.071.6 kg4

Questions about Sheffield to Derby

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Sheffield to Derby take?

The Coach from Sheffield to Derby takes 1h 38m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving. The route runs 59 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 Coach from Sheffield to Derby cost?

The Coach from Sheffield to Derby starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 11, 2026. A typical fare is €10.08. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Sheffield to Derby?

1 operators run the Coach from Sheffield to Derby: FlixBus. Between them they file around 4 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 Coach from Sheffield to Derby use?

The Coach from Sheffield to Derby leaves from Sheffield Interchange and arrives at Derby Bus 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.

Is the Coach the best way from Sheffield to Derby?

Traveling from Sheffield to Derby by Train costs €11.88 and takes 1h 14m door to door, against 1h 38m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Sheffield to Derby?

Fares for the Coach from Sheffield to Derby bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 16 percent, measured on September 11, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Sheffield to Derby produce?

The Coach from Sheffield to Derby produces about 1.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 59 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Sheffield to Derby?

Operators on the Coach from Sheffield to Derby publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 38m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sheffield to Derby on September 9, 2026: 59 km of route against 51 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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