Cheapest€11.88
- East Midlands EM464706:1837m06:55Dudley railway stationDerby railway station
Door to door 1h 21mCO2 2.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Dudley to Derby train
Trains from Dudley to Derby start at €12.44 and take 1h 19m at their fastest.
The Trains from Dudley to Derby starts at €12.44 and takes 1h 19m door to door, run by 2 operators over 72 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 19mDoor to door
- 35mMoving
- €12.44From
- 2.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 27, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€15.19
- Cross Country CC985914:5335m15:28Dudley railway stationDerby railway station
Door to door 1h 19mCO2 2.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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When to book Dudley to Derby
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.4490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €13.5414 days
- €15.747 days
- €19.043 days
- €26.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €26.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €13.54Sun
- €12.99Mon
- €12.99Tue
- €12.44Wed
- €14.09Thu
- €13.54Fri
- €14.09Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dudley
Rail
- Dudley railway station
- Dudley Freightliner Terminal
- Bumble Hole Line
Derby
Rail
- Derby railway station
- Derby Friargate railway station
- Derby Nottingham Road railway station
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 72 km against 62 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Stoke-on-Trent, Nuneaton, Coventry, Newcastle under Lyme. The gap between arriving and leaving is 91 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Dudley at 06:11 and the last at 14:53, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Dudley 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 Train from Dudley to Derby take?
The Train from Dudley to Derby takes 1h 19m door to door, of which 35m is spent moving. The route runs 72 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 Dudley to Derby cost?
The Train from Dudley to Derby starts at €12.44 for one passenger, checked on September 27, 2026. A typical fare is €18.48. 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 Dudley to Derby?
2 operators run the Train from Dudley to Derby: Cross Country, East Midlands. Between them they file around 8 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 Dudley to Derby use?
The Train from Dudley to Derby leaves from Dudley 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 Dudley to Derby?
Fares for the Train from Dudley to Derby bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on September 27, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Dudley to Derby produce?
The Train from Dudley to Derby produces about 2.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 72 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Dudley to Derby?
Operators on the Train from Dudley to Derby publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 19m 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 Dudley to Derby on September 11, 2026: 72 km of route against 62 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.44, and 1h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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