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General Bus Info for Derbyshire |
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Derbyshire has an excellent bus network and although there are lots of different bus companies, timetable information is easy to obtain as Derbyshire County Council produces 3 area timetable books with a free updating service - see
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transport_roads/public_transport/timetables/bus_services/
timetable_publications/default.asp
Long Distance services on which bus passes can be used:
Red Arrow - Nottingham - Derby - Chesterfield
TransPeak # - Nottingham - Derby - Matlock - Bakewell - Buxton - Stockport - Manchester #
Pronto - Nottingham - Mansfield - Chesterfield
6.1 - Derby - Matlock - Bakewell
X38 - Derby - Burton on Trent
42 / 442 - Buxton - Hartington - Ashbourne
65 / 66 - Sheffield / Chesterfield - Tideswell - Buxton
66A / 67 - Chesterfield - Tideswell - Stockport - Manchester
218 - Sheffield - Bakewell - Buxton (connecting with bus 118 to Leek & Hanley)
# - Please note that the Transpeak service is very popular with bus pass users and on busy days the coaches cannot always cope with the number of people wishing to use it. If possible please try to travel mid-week and avoid weekends and Mondays (unless visiting Bakewell Market).
Scenic Bus Services worth sampling with a bus pass:
Many of the bus service in the Derbyshire Peak District are worth travelling on just for the beautiful scenery they pass through, but are often ignored by visitors so the buses are rarely full except at school finishing time. In addition to services 42/442, 65, 66, 67, 218 and the Transpeak Service listed above, the following Peak District services are particularly worth sampling:
58 - Buxton - Macclesfield across the "Cat & Fiddle"
60 / 61 - Glossop - New Mills - Macclesfield / Buxton
64 - Clay Cross - Matlock
118 - Buxton - Leek - Hanley
170 - Chesterfield - Bakewell
172 - Bakewell - Matlock via Stanton-in-the-Peak
173 - Bakewell - Tideswell - Castleton
214 - Sheffield - Matlock via Chatsworth House
272 - Sheffield - Castleton via Hathersage
273/274 - Sheffield - Castleton via Ladybower Reservoir
373 - Glossop - Castleton via The Snake Pass and Ladybower Reservoir (Sundays only)
411 - Matlock - Ashbourne via Carsington Reservoir
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