Derby to Southend-on-Sea runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 06:50. One passenger pays between €12.28 and €14.48, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 4m over 247 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.28 to €14.48
- 134%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Derby
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:50First departure
- 06:50Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Derby to Southend-on-Sea on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €23.83Wed16
- about €38.68Thu17
- about €28.78Fri18
- about €22.73Sat19
- about €23.83Sun20
- about €21.08Mon21
- about €17.23Tue22
- about €19.43Wed23
- about €18.88Thu24
- about €21.63Fri25
- about €23.83Sat26
- about €21.08Sun27
- about €16.68Mon28
- about €14.48Tue29
- about €13.93Wed30
- about €16.68Thu1
- about €18.33Fri2
- about €16.13Sat3
- about €15.58Sun4
- about €12.83Mon5
- about €12.28Tue6
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 bus gets you into Southend-on-Sea. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Southend-on-Sea for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Southend Central and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Derby to Southend-on-Sea
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.4890 days
- €16.6860 days
- €15.0345 days
- €18.3330 days
- €12.2821 days
- €14.4814 days
- €17.237 days
- €28.783 days
- €23.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 134 percent. The most expensive point is €28.78, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Derby to Southend-on-Sea and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
247 km
214 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
270,468 → 295,310
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 247 km against 214 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 Coventry, Archway, Luton, Islington. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Southend Central
Most of the points near Southend Central open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Derby to Southend-on-Sea
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 it take to get from Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
The fastest journey from Derby to Southend-on-Sea takes 4h 4m door to door, of which 3h 32m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 15m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
The cheapest fare from Derby to Southend-on-Sea is €12.28, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €18.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
The cheapest way from Derby to Southend-on-Sea is by coach, at €14.48 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 16m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
Fares from Derby to Southend-on-Sea bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €12.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 134 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Derby to Southend-on-Sea, at €14.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Derby to Southend-on-Sea, at €11.18 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
1 operators sell services from Derby to Southend-on-Sea across 1 mode: FlixBus. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
20 percent of the services we sell from Derby to Southend-on-Sea are direct. The rest connect at Coventry, Archway, Luton, Islington, with about 74 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Derby to Southend-on-Sea use?
Services from Derby to Southend-on-Sea by coach leave from Derby Bus Station and arrive at Southend Travel Centre. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Derby to Southend-on-Sea?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Derby to Southend-on-Sea allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Derby to Southend-on-Sea on September 15, 2026: 247 km of route against 214 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 4h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Southend-on-Sea is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Southend-on-Sea and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Southend-on-Sea in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Derby reaches 145 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 9,619 km. Southend-on-Sea reaches 85 places in 5 countries, from 41 to 981 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Derby
- 145Places you can leave for
- 32Countries
- 30Operators
Arriving in Southend-on-Sea
Leaving Southend-on-Sea
- 85Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 7Operators